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“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19
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January 22, 1973: U.S. Supreme Court made Abortion Legal and now…
Every 20 seconds: one human life killed Every year: 1.2 million Americans die The past 40 years: 55 million Americans Equivalent: Populations of California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington – GONE!
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Deceptive Arguments of the Pro-Abortionists
Argument #1: A Fetus is not a Baby
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Why Not Embryonic Stem Cells?
The problem: Embryonic Stem Cell Research has yielded no treatments, only tumors. Plus, ESCR takes a life! Adult stem cells (fatty tissue, umbilical cords, and other sources) have been used in over 70 treatments with varying degrees of success – without taking life!
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“Fetus”= Latin for “unborn baby”
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Why Use a Latin Term? Dred Scott case of the U.S. Supreme Court said that the black man was not protected by the Constitution because a slave was not a person NAZI Germany in the 1930s - Hitler and his regime said that the Jew was not a person, which was a prelude to the Holocaust
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Deceptive Arguments of the Pro-Abortionists
Argument #2: What About Rape and Incest and Saving the Life of the Mother?
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What About Rape and Incest?
All rape and incest related abortions: less than 4% of all abortions Amount of rape and incest related abortionist rhetoric: 96%
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Ethel Waters: Actor & Gospel Singer
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Deceptive Arguments of the Pro-Abortionists
Argument #3: What About Handicaps and Birth Defects?
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Ludwig von Beethoven: Musician & Composer
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Susanna Wesley: Mother of 14 Children
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John Wesley: Great Awakening Preacher and founder of Methodism
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Over 60% of women who abort their babies are over 20 years old
Over 40 % of all abortions are performed on patients for the second, third, or fourth time 76% of women who abort their babies are unmarried 53% of women who abort their babies have no other children 22% of all pregnancies are terminated by abortion (not counting miscarriages)
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The womb = the most dangerous place for an American in the world!
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Deceptive Arguments of the Pro-Abortionists
Argument #4: Doesn’t a Woman Have the Right to Choose?
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“A human ovum together with a human sperm produces a biologically identifiable human embryo. It has separate and unique genetic information and biological material. Every cell in a woman's body has exactly the same 46 chromosomes, and exactly the same genes. Every cell is identical in that way, except for the cells in that baby. The baby has a different set of chromosomes and a different set of genes.”
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II. Declared Truth of Scripture
Truth #1: Unborn Human Life in the Old Testament
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“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139: 13-16
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“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” Jeremiah 1:5
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II. Declared Truth of Scripture
Truth #2: Unborn Human Life in the New Testament
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“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby (brephos - Greek) leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” Luke 1:41
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“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe (brephos - Greek) wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” Luke 2:11-12
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Terminating a pregnancy is, in fact, taking a human life.
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II. Declared Truth of Scripture
Truth #3: Unborn Human Life Must Be Protected
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“Rescue those being led away to death, hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say: ‘We knew nothing about this.’ Does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who guards your life know it? Will He not repay each person according to what he has done?” Proverbs 24:11-12
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“You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13 “There are six things that the Lord hates, seven are an abomination to Him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.” Proverbs 6:16-17
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III. Definitive Actions We Can Take
Action #1: Be Informed
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III. Definitive Actions We Can Take
Action #2: Be Compassionate
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III. Definitive Actions We Can Take
Action #3: Be Active
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“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” Matthew 22:21
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Bush Appointees – Pro-Life
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Obama Appointees – Pro-Abortion
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President Trump promises Pro-Life Nominees
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“The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” Thomas Jefferson
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“Shout it aloud. Don’t hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet
“Shout it aloud! Don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their rebellion, and to the house of Jacob their sins.” Isaiah 58:1
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