A Week+ Late Sharing Thoughts on Abortion

I missed posting about the March for Life in Washington DC in 2010 on the 20th-24th of this month, and haven't said much about the media coverage of the advertisement that Tim Tebow will be doing during the Super Bowl sharing that his wonderful life is a result of his Mom not having an abortion, but it's something I care about...a lot.

Back in 2008, President Bush's last January in office during the March, I posted the following:

"I don't have strong feelings about who I would like to be President yet...Thompson's out of the Repub. race, Hillary and Obama are boring me with their arguments. What I do have strong feelings about is the significance of January 22, 1973, when the Supreme Court decided it was okay to kill babies. 35 years have passed since that date, and approximately 50 million precious lives have been thrown away in trash cans and other ways, and disposed of like pieces of garbage. Those that are behind the "pro-death" movement try to justify it as something that saves many woman who have life-threatening pregnancies. You can't convince me that the lives of 50 million woman have been saved, I think we all know better. Most abortions are a matter of convenience, a precious life doesn't fit into the picture right now, so it is done away with.

After all of that, let me tell you that I spent a good bit of time volunteering with a pregnancy center, trying to help young girls see that there were options to abortion, it broke my heart to see their tears, it broke my heart to hear some tell me that they had to do this because their parents wanted it, it was hard. But nothing justifies killing. Because I believe in the forgiveness God provided through Jesus, I know there is forgiveness for even something as ugly as this, but first one has to see it for what it is, wrong, and seek that forgiveness, and help stop the killing.

Millions marched in Washington DC today, many were teenagers, providing great hope for the future, and President Bush has done his part by appointing justices that are pro-life, that is part of his legacy. He has spoken to the crowds remotely each year, click here to read his thoughts (well, they used to be there, now removed under the present administration) shared more eloquently than my blunt words, thank you, President Bush.

I miss having a President who cares enough to speak boldly to the people on this issue, one who sees the value in a life, one who stands against destroying children, infants when they are at a most vulnerable age. I fear God's judgment on a Nation who does such things and doesn't see it as morally wrong...or simply does not care.