What if the Baby is Going to Die Anyway? Exception?

Here is another exception that many have put forward on the subject of abortion.  

"What if the baby has something wrong with them?  Some issue that will cause them to not be able to survive anyway?  That they won't live more than a few minutes, or hours, or days?  Is it not better to abort in that case?  Isn't this an exception?"

There are some things to take into reckoning about this.  We will look at three.

First, and this should be obvious.
Doctors are not God.  God is.  Physicians do not know the future and can make mistakes.  Often they are trying to cover their own backs from possible lawsuits.  There have been cases in which parents have been told that their child would not survive, were greatly pressured to abort, refused, and gave birth to babies who survived, and some who were completely healthy.  Tests results can be mistaken, and God can still heal.

But what if the child really is going to die? 

Second: 
Consider the following scenario: 

If a car goes off a bridge into raging river and sinks, and I swim down to try to help the driver.  He is jammed in there, and I cannot free him.  He is certain to drown.  Let's say I "resolve" the issue by taking my knife and stab him to death.

When they drag the car out of the river, and discover the body, there will be a criminal investigation.   You see, even though he was going to die anyway, I would and should be prosecuted.  Because what I did was murder. 

So this circumstantial argument does not justify murder.  Jesus said, "Thou shalt do NO murder" (Matthew 19:18).  Period. 

Third:
Furthermore, I personally know of couples who have found themselves in this traumatic scenario.  Here is one example.  

The baby whom the mother was carrying in her womb had physical problems, which caused her only to live a few days outside the womb. 

It was a severely difficult and mournful time for sure, but also a precious time in which they were able to speak to and love on that child.  And I am quite certain that they would not trade those hours for anything. 

My wife and I lost our second child, firstborn son, William Livingstone Samuel, while he was still in the womb.  He was born early, already passed.  If given a chance, I would have fought tooth and nail to have been able to hold him while he was still alive, even if he was destined to die minutes or hours later.

These are our children we are talking about!  Murder by abortion is NEVER the solution. 

Abortion must be abolished.

"How Dare You Judge?" And a Soft Answer

This is from a conversation (in 2015) outside Planned Parenthood in Overland Park, Kansas.  

An angry individual in a black mustang stopped on the way to his work, pulled over to the curb, and rolled down his window to give me a piece of his mind.  

Here was part of the conversation:

Angry Man: "Can't you do something better with your time?"

Abolitionist: "What could be better than saving a life?"

Angry Man: "How dare you stand in judgment of these women!" 

Abolitionist: "Is that your 'judgment': that we are standing in judgment?  We stand because we care for these women and for their children.

Angry Man: [stammering with flashing eyes] "You have no idea of what these women's circumstances are.

Abolitionist: "You are right.  But we offer that same help and hope to women no matter their circumstances.  And just this week we are excited to meet a little baby that was saved because we stand outside these places.  We've been able to walk with this woman through her entire pregnancy and have had joy in assisting even after her baby was born."

I shared that we are Christians, are seeking to love our neighbors as ourselves, and share the Gospel of Christ, bringing it into conflict with this sin.

The Angry Man, who had no ready reply, and was obviously not angry anymore, reached out to take a 180 Movie and tract, and drove away.

I still see him drive past from time to time, and often he waves.

It is not about winning an argument or shutting up those who mock.  It is about our being willing to speak out of love to those who spit on what we do. It is about reasonable answers and watching the holy Spirit quiet the enemy.  God is good and His truth will not lose.

Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."

Abortion must be abolished.

An Evil ProLife Response to an Evil ProMurder Opinion

When the Kansas Supreme Court "ruled" in 2019 that abortion was constitutional in our State, Kansans for Life and Republican legislators responded in opposition.  This current session they have made it their highest priority to correct the Court.  ProLife leaders chose to put forth an amendment to the state constitution in response to the Kansas Supreme Court's assertion.

[I know that a large number of ProLife legislators and a lot of Christians in Kansas believe that this is a good move.  I understand that many have good intentions in supporting it.  Let's go on.]

In 2020, this amendment was voted down by the Legislature, but those who are pushing this to be on the ballot are trying again NOW in 2021.

So What?  

People have asked my position concerning this amendment.  I do not support it.  Rather, I  find myself in direct opposition to it!  Here is one stark problem I find.

Although the "purpose" of the amendment is to establish that the right to an abortion is NOT in our state constitution, its wording expressly states that the people have the right to regulate abortion through legislation.  Thus, abortion is then put in the constitution! 

"A PROPOSITION to amend the bill of right of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto stating that there is no constitutional right to an abortion, and reserving to the people the ability to regulate abortion through the elected members of the legislature of the state of Kansas."

Hence, the amendment puts abortion into the constitution. Should this be our goal?

Does this protect preborn humans under the law from murder by abortion?  No.

Does it declare that the people of Kansas can and should establish equal protection by abolishing murder by abortion?  No.

In contrast, this language (promoted and pushed by ProLife legislators and lobbyists in Kansas)  will protect their regulatory laws and the freedom to make more!  It will not protect the preborn babies.

The following needs to be clarified: 
Kansas does not have the right to regulate the murder of some humans.  Kansas has the duty to protect all humans from being murdered.  

The amendment not only WOULD NOT protect any babies from being killed, but WOULD actually be an obstacle to the abolition of this great evil.  If amended, it would put abortion into the state constitution itself.  As difficult as it may be to amend the constitution, it is MORE difficult to remove an amendment once put in.

Child sacrifice should not be allowed or regulated under "color "of law.

Consider the wording:

"Because Kansans value both women and children, the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion.  To the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, the people, through their elected state representatives and state senators, may pass laws regarding abortion...Explanatory statement: the Value Them Both Amendment would reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion..."

This amendment DOES NOT Value Them Both. 

It does NOT value children equally AT ALL.  

What if there was an amendment that said, "We value both men and women, so we want to be able to regulate how women can be raped, if men want to do it."  That is atrocious!  It is offensive and demeaning to BOTH men and women!

Well, THIS amendment says, "We value both women and children, so we want to be able to regulate how children can be murdered, if women want to do it."   That is just as atrocious.  It is offensive to BOTH women and children!

It shows partiality, and God is against it.

James 2:4,8-9 "Are ye not then partial in your selves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?...If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the laws as transgressors."

Regulating who can murder, when they can murder, how they can murder, where they can murder, and why they can murder IS making an iniquitous decree.

God says, "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!" (Isaiah 10:1-2). 

Again, many well meaning people will sincerely suppose that they are doing good in this measure.  But we MUST beware of opposing evil in a way that God calls evil (Exodus 23:2,3,6-8; Jeremiah 22:3). 

What we have is an EVIL OPINION of ProMurder judges and an EVIL RESPONSE from ProLife leaders. 

And "Bleeding Kansas" will continue to shed the blood of thousands of innocent and vulnerable children with government and societal permission.

Now What?

We have to reckon on the truth. 

The Kansas Supreme Court made an unconstitutional opinion which violated the express wording of the state and federal constitutions (following the evil example of the United States Supreme Court in Roe v Wade, Planned Parenthood v Casey, etc.), and the higher Law of God.    It is Unjust rather than just.  It is Partial rather than impartial.  It is NOT equal justice under the law.  Inequity is iniquity.

Their opinion, being Unconstitutional and Evil, is a declaration without any strength and one that needs to be defied and ignored!

The constitution of the state of Kansas does not need to be changed, any more that the U.S. constitution needs to be changed in this regard.  Both already secure the inalienable right to life! 

We have to act on the truth.

Christians must call on our leaders to create legislation that will establish EQUAL protection from murder for all humans in the state of Kansas.  That is our duty.  

We are commanded to love our neighbors (no matter their age or location) as we love ourselves.  We are to love them in word and deed and in truth (James 2:8; I John 3:18).  

We are told NOT to call evil "good" (Isaiah 5:20).  God has showed us what is good.  

We are required to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God (Micah 6:8).

Duty is ours.  Results are God's.

*The entire amendment language is in the photos attached below.

Abortion must be abolished.

Every Little Minute

1 
Are you bored with your life, little man?
Would you like to seek for justice in this land?
Would you like to be a hero in the street?
Rescue the defenseless and the weak?

Chorus 
Think of every little minute
Two small babies murdered in it
Go and speak for the oppressed
And let Jesus do the rest.
Get your pamphlets, signs, open your mouth today?
Read the Bible, love your neighbor, and obey.

2
Are you tired with your play, little girl?
Would you like to make a difference in this world?
In the darkness you can boldly shine the Light,
And have mercy on those precious in His sight.

[Chorus]

3
Do you ever stop to think, Dad and Mom?
That the Pro Life Movement has been very wrong?
To regulate the murder is a sin--
It is grievous to the Maker of all men.

[Chorus]

Live pure! Speak true! Right wrong!  A-M-B-A!

[Twice adapted: by the Herndon children, and then by Deana Myers]

Abortion must be abolished.

Christian, in This Bloody Day

"We live in a day of slaughter,
When folks do slay both son and daughter.

When parents want to give "no room",
And target those inside the womb.

Christian, in this bloody day,
Will you now your Lord obey?

Who will go to stand for Christ?
To the gates of child sacrifice?

Will you go the Truth to speak?
Seek to stand up for the weak?

Bring the Gospel, the lost to reach?
Take your stand inside the breach?

Will cold weather make you balk?
Or a ways you have to walk?

No matter what they say in town?
Even if folks at church do frown?

Will you go if others don't?
Whether sinners give heed--or if they won't?

Will you love in word AND deed
Open mouth, for the poor to plead?

So love mercy, do what is just;
Now walk humbly, in God trust.

As for fruit, remember what is:
Duty is ours. Results are HIS."

[Written by an abolitionist the same morning he stood alone at the gates of death, declaring truth, pleading for lives, and begging God for more laborers on the final lines.  Written the same day this photo was taken.]


Abortion must be abolished.

Why AMBA?

Sometime ago, a brother in Christ sent me a message, asking why I always include the letters AMBA or the words "Abortion must be abolished" on each social media post or comment.

His main question, was

"Why AMBA?  Why not just JMBE (Jesus must be exalted)?" 

The idea is that if Christians simply would exalt Christ, then that would by course stop abortion too.

After consideration, here was my response.

"First of all, I think it is a great idea (and is the chief end of mankind) to glorify Jesus in all we do. And I seek to do so.  I believe that can be seen readily in all my posts and writing.

I would encourage any Christian to use JMBE in their posts. 

However, I am afraid that millions of Christians would agree with JMBE, say 'Amen' and NEVER apply that to abolishing the murder of their preborn neighbors (A broad statement and sentiment of calling for Christ to be exalted can be generally glossed over and lauded by Christians without addressing a particular area that needs to be addressed to exhort Christians to do their duty in exalting Christ in a culture of child sacrifice.).

History reveals the tragic failure.

MOST Bible preaching churches in America during the time of slavery did NOT do righteously in behalf of their neighbors in bondage, but they would have been proclaiming that 'Jesus must be exalted.'

Even among those churches that were "antislavery" and were of the "colonization society" were indifferent and even often antagonistic to the cry of the abolitionists.

During the holocaust of the Jews, there were 50 million church going Christians, who believed that Jesus must be exalted, but were silent and inactive as their neighbors were arrested and removed.  There were even Christians in a church beside the railroad tracks that would sing louder praises to God when the train passed, so that they could drown out the cries of the Jews being taken to the death camps.  They were loving and 'exalting Jesus in word', but not in deed and truth (I John 3:18).

Consider this quote by Martin Luther:

"If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ.  Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.  And to be steady on all the battle fields besides is merely flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point."

So though those churches believed truth, and broadly declared that Jesus must be exalted, they failed to act to bring that truth to bear with the specific evil of the day in a way to exalt Him by Whose Name they were called.  Thus was it to their shame (I Corinthians 15:34).

Therefore I have chosen to exalt Jesus Christ by directly bringing the the Gospel into conflict with the evil of our day, speaking for those made in His image, "the least of these" with whom Jesus identifies Himself, who are being murdered in the very place where He was made flesh, entering the womb to redeem the world.

I believe that in all things, Jesus must be exalted, so I maintain that

"Abortion must be abolished."

His Only Baby Picture

I have had people recoil and tell me how horrible it is that I would show a picture of a victim of abortion in public.

In my explanation and reply, I tell the person that this child should have gotten a baby picture in a onesie, with a knitted cap, snuggled beside a teddy bear.

People should should have looked at his baby picture and "ooed and awed" about how big he was; how he had his mommy's eyes, or his daddy's nose.

BUT this is the only baby picture he's got.  

This is not gore.  

This is a precious child!  And I am showing his baby picture to display the violence that WE allow under "color" of law to people who are at peace with his slaughter.


God severely warned Israel concerning the people of the land who "...do any ways hide their eyes from the man when he giveth of his seed unto Molech..." (Leviticus 20:4).  

Consider God's word to His prophets:
"...Shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins" (Isaiah 58:1).
"...Wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations." (Ezekiel 22:2). 

And His words to His body, the church:
"Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:11).  Let us not hide our eyes, but rather bring to light the evil of our day which our society is permitting!

And I have seen time and time again that showing his baby picture has been used effectively to help other babies get the RIGHT kind of baby picture!

O, that WE would love these babies as much as we love our own sensibilities and comfort!

Abortion must be abolished.