KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Abortion
ABORTION PROPONENTS ARGUE the taking of a pre-born child's life is not wrong since the unborn do not measure up to the definition of a "person..."
A person to them is "one who has good mental and physical health and the ability to socialize." A fetus would not measure up to this definition...
When one considers the tragedy of a miscarriage, one easily sees the difference between a person and mere tissue. While no one likes to go to surgery, no one mourns the loss of tonsils or a gall bladder. We do not send people to grief counseling for minor surgeries. On the other hand, when some young woman suffers a miscarriage, loved ones mourn with her and for the child. Some parents of a miscarried child mourn for many months or years. Why do they mourn if this is not a person? (Phil Sanders)
KneEmail: "These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood..." (Prov. 6:16-17; cf. Luke 1:41, 44; 2:12, 16; 18:15).