Several days ago, the United States Supreme Court reversed a prior decision that had declared abortion a constitutional right. Those who opposed the reversal argued that because we have been killing babies for forty-nine years, under the guise of “reproductive healthcare” for women, it is indeed a right. Those who praise the decision of the five justices celebrate the demise of a convenient ruling that contributed to the deaths of over 60 million babies.
One group focuses on the life of mothers without morals, whose voices are amplified by the multi-billion dollar industry with a bottom line that can be tabulated in both innocent lives and dollars. The other side is composed of those who seek to defend the right to life for helpless innocence that resides and matures in its mother’s womb. There are those of their number who might argue that when we don’t want our pets to bear unwanted offspring, we have them spayed or neutered. On both sides, emotions run high. Who is right?
The opinions of politicians, prelates, and just plain people have served only to fuel the fires. Perhaps we should simply look to God, the Giver of Life and the Master of Morals:
God says that sex outside of the bonds of marriage is forbidden fornication.
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. (Hebrews 13:4)
God says that unborn babies are people.
Psalm 51:5; 139:13-16; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:4-5; Luke 1:39-44
God says that it is wrong to murder people.
Thou shalt not kill (Hebrew rāsah = murder) (Exodus 20:13)
God says that children are His heritage and reward to faithful parents.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psalm 127:3)
Everyone has an opinion, but God has a moral law. Let’s let God be God.