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By allowing Texas to ban abortion and by setting a date to hear a Mississippi case, restricting all abortion over 15 weeks gestation, well below the court’s 24-week age of viability, the Supreme Court may be signaling a reversal of Roe, leaving the states to decide the abortion debate for themselves. Picking up on these signals New York Governor Hochul held a press conference announcing a new stat...

Paul referred to himself in this moment of redemption as one “untimely born” (I Cor. 15:8) or as some interestingly translate it, “traumatically born,” forcibly removed from the womb. Paul was birthed traumatically from death to life, Jesus abruptly terminating his maturation into sin, bringing him into the kingdom of God. By presenting Himself to Paul, Jesus made him an eyewitness to His resurrec...

On September 13, Governor Hochul unveiled a plan to codify Cuomo’s 2019 abortion expansion bill known as the Reproductive Health Act. After passing the act, nothing was done to interpret and enforce it. Madam Hochul in her new role as governor wasted no time amassing a team of abortion allies, enshrining abortion as a human right. The governor’s website states, “The Governor directed the Departmen...

The face of abortion is changing in two ways. First, given the recent activity of the Supreme Court responding favorably to state abortion restrictions, it appears that they may return the abortion problem to the states to decide for themselves how they want to deal with it. A majority of states would outlaw the practice, causing women to travel to less restrictive states to get their abortion. Th...

Is the Supreme Court signaling an end to Roe v Wade? After Mississippi passed the Gestational Age Act limiting abortion over 15 weeks gestation, an abortionist filed suit. The lower courts struck the law but the Attorney General of Mississippi appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court agreed to hear the case. This is surprising because the court has never before entertained abortion cases whic...

Fearing the conservative leaning Supreme Court will overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decree legalizing abortion nationwide, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to bring a massive abortion expansion bill to the floor for a vote. She did. That bill is called the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). The bill goes far beyond Roe, nullifying all state restrictions on abortion including parental consent requi...

The wisdom of man equals abortion. When a woman faces an unplanned pregnancy, worldly wisdom says abort. Our first response to an overwhelming crisis should not be to thrash and grasp anxiously, seeking salvation from the world, as if the sea could save us from drowning. In God alone we find provision of life and every good thing. Trusting in man’s judgment contrary to God’s assessment is the begi...

Real Abortion News #193 Recently, the Supreme Court decided to hear a Mississippi case limiting abortion to the first trimester. Twelve U.S. Governors together filed a “ Friend of the Court ” brief asking the Court to take this opportunity to overturn the sweeping 1973 case Roe v Wade, making all state abortion laws unconstitutional. The Governors essentially encouraged the court to give the abort...

Real Abortion News #192 The Gallup Poll reveals that the people who make the least amount of money are most opposed to abortion. So why does a recent CNN piece use the plight of Mississippi’s poor to support an abortion agenda they don’t want? The fear conveyed in the CNN article is that the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Mississippi abortion case in order to overturn Roe v Wade, the ruling that l...

Real Abortion News #191 A former Arizona Planned Parenthood Executive blew the whistle on the company for their manipulation and deception of undocumented immigrant women telling them if they don’t have an abortion they may get deported. After working at the largest Planned Parenthood in Arizona for 16 years Myra Rodriguez said, “I noticed all the atrocities. I noticed the irregularities. I notice...

Real Abortion News #190 Religious employers should not be forced to hire people who disagree with their beliefs. But since 2011 states like California and Michigan banned religious institutions from hiring and managing staff according to the organization’s views. The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that Christian organizations should be free to hire people who uphold their beliefs. Despite th...

How long has abortion been wrong? Right and wrong are derived from one’s purpose. A right action is that which leads to accomplishing one’s purpose. A wrong action leads away from that purpose. A clue to man’s purpose can be found when God created man.  The following explores how the creation story as revealed in Scripture provides a foundation for why humanity exists, as well as a framework...

Real Abortion News #189 Who is to say abortion is right or wrong? But if as a society we have no higher reference point for knowing right or wrong than man’s reason or experience, which man’s version of morality has the authority to prevail over others? Scripture teaches that God alone transcends all personal experience, all philosophy, and all government saying all humans are equally valuable wit...

Real Abortion News #188 The U.S. abortion industry is restructuring ahead of a shift in the abortion battleground from the Federal level to the state. NARAL is the nation’s oldest, and at twenty-five million in annual revenue, the largest abortion lobby. Fearing the Supreme Court will allow states to restrict abortion as early as next year, the abortion juggernaut is regrouping . The conservative...

Real Abortion News #187  In July Centerville , Texas became the 30th city in the state to pass an ordinance banning abortion, including chemical abortion, making it a crime for anyone to possess or distribute drugs intended for pregnancy termination. This chemical distinction is important for a small politically conservative town where such an ordinance arguable makes no material impact being...

The following message explores the foundation of a Christian’s moral authority and why we can stand with such confident resolve against the currents of culture and compassionately help women considering abortion to have their babies. Who is anyone to say whether abortion is right or wrong? What kind of moral authority is required to claim abortion has been and will continue to be wrong for everyon...

Real Abortion News #165 - Originally aired March 2021 Planned Parenthood Federation released its annual report in February. According to one analysis , it appears, “…Planned Parenthood prioritizes abortion over women’s health.” The data reveals Planned Parenthood is responsible for 41 percent of all U.S. abortions (354,871), their all-time high. U.S. abortion rates declined over the last 20 years,...

Real Abortion News #166 - Originally aired March 2021  Planned Parenthood self-identifies as the champion of women’s reproductive health. Their annual revenue waterline now stands at $1.64 billion dollars. Oddly, one analysis shows the abortion business providing 72% fewer women’s health services than it has in the past. What services are contributing to Planned Parenthood’s staggering bottom...

Real Abortion News #167 - Originally aired April 2021 A lawyer asked Jesus, “What is the greatest commandment?” Jesus said to love God and love your neighbor. Wishing to justify his poor behavior the lawyer asked, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered with a story of a stranger beaten and left for dead on a dangerous road. After the political and religious leaders refused to stop and help, a fo...

Real Abortion News #168 - Originally aired April 2021 The incendiary Equality Act is a top priority in the Biden administration. It passed in the House and now faces a split Senate where Vice President Harris could cast the deciding vote. The bill contains language threatening the rights of pro-life healthcare professionals refusing to participate in abortion. Because the bill overrides religious...

Real Abortion News #169 - Originally aired April 2021  Prenatal screening carry as much as a 50% false-positive rate. This is disconcerting, especially when women so often choose to abort based those flawed test results. In a recent USA Today piece, practicing Ob/GYN Dr. Christina Francis opines, “Those are stunningly high margins of error given the stakes.” She goes on to ask the haunting qu...

Real Abortion News #170 - Originally aired April 2021 What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.? Adding data from California to the CDC’s most recent surveillance , the annual U.S. abortion total tops out at 752,000, towering over the three leading causes of death in the U.S. Abortion deaths are 14 percent higher than deaths from Heart disease, 25 percent higher than Cancer, and over 400 perc...

Real Abortion News #171 - Originally aired April 2021 Because we are all made in the image of God, we are all equally valuable and deserving of protection. Abortion is not just another social issue. It is a fundamental misunderstanding of what it means to be human under God. Richard John Neuhaus once said, abortion is “the greatest human rights cause of…all times….” He went on to say, “We are not...

Real Abortion News #172 - Originally aired May 2021 Chemical abortion represents almost 40% of all abortions. On April 12 the Biden Administration suspended all FDA safety regulations on the chemical abortion pill regimen RU-486 for the duration of the pandemic. The FDA placed limits on the use of chemical abortion pills given the 400 percent increased risk of serious complications for women using...

Real Abortion News #173 - Originally aired May 2021 CompassCare Pregnancy Services hosted the largest pro-life event in NY recently. The CompassCare Walk for Life Weekend represented over 150 churches, representing thousands of walkers and sponsors. The event kicked off with a live online rally and culminated at an in-person walk held in Rochester and Buffalo simultaneously. The Walk for Life is d...