Some who call themselves Christians are the weeds Jesus describes in Matthew 13:24-43. They appear to be Christian but have very different goals.We can't know if a person is intentionally or ignorantly acting like a weed, but we can recognize weedy propaganda.
For example, James Talarico (2026 U.S. Senate nominee from Texas) claims there’s no biblical or historical basis to condemn “A” (source/YouTube). Either he's lying, or he's never read the Bible and never studied history.
The Bible:
✞ God creates us in our mother’s womb (e.g., Psalm 139:13-14; Isaiah 44:24).
✞ God ordains our life before we're formed (Jeremiah 1:5).
✞ God hates murder and commands us to rescue the innocent from slaughter (Proverbs 6:16-17; Proverbs 24:10-12).
History: Ancient child sacrifice is recognized as evil. Surgical methods of child sacrifice are just as evil. Killing innocent children has always been motivated by personal gain, either gaining something from a pagan god or bowing to the gods of convenience, comfort, financial gain, etc.(1)
Bible: God calls child sacrifice a detestable abomination that profanes His name and pollutes a nation (Jeremiah 32:35; Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Psalm 106:37-38, etc.).
History: “A” was against the law in America until 1967, and then allowed only in limited cases.(2) But even if it had been approved, that wouldn't make it right. It is God who determines right and wrong, not history.
“A” murders a child for his parents' sins. Those who support “A” must use propaganda to describe it (e.g., “reproductive health”) because calling it what it is reveals how evil it is (Romans 1:20). If you're pro-“A”, I'm praying you will honestly consider the biblical truths in this devotion so you never hear the words of Christ described in Matthew 7:21-23.
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If you can remain pro-“A” after understanding what Scripture teaches, please be honest and admit you are not a Christian. Christians believe God's Word (2 Timothy 4:1-4; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).
If you've had an “A”, I encourage you to make Christ your Lord and experience His forgiveness. And seek out resources to help you heal. For example: "A" Regret and Post-"A" Help.
For a thorough look at all of the excuses for “A” (e.g., rape, incest, life of the mother), see Would You Have Justified Slavery?
In addition, my book Lies in Disguise covers this subject.
(1) Talarico and the Democratic Party demand unlimited access to “A” and use rape, incest, or the life of the mother as examples. But these examples account for only 1.5% of “A”s, and they don't require unlimited access to “A” as the Democrats demand. Please click each link to hear true stories of women who have experienced these three things and are grateful they didn't kill their child.
(2) Pro-“A” groups fictionalize history to make “A” sound normal and accepted. Planned Parenthood publishes Historical "A" Law Timeline: 1850 to Today, and they claim to know that the reason the AMA fought against “A” in the 1800s was that doctors were male chauvinists who were greedy for the business of female midwives who did “A”s. This is extreme, unprovable propaganda. To verify this fact, PP would have to have 175-year-old written interviews from the majority of doctors in the AMA. And they would have to have thousands of verifiable proofs that many midwives were doing “A”s. They have neither.
Planned Parenthood also claims “the AMA was composed of physicians who lacked expertise in pregnancy and reproductive health.” This unprovable claim is probably true because Planned Parenthood uses “pregnancy and reproductive health” to mean ending pregnancies by killing babies. Pro-“A” propaganda always avoids actual descriptions of “A” because they know how evil, merciless, cruel, and torturous the procedure is.
But (even though they can't prove it), I'm sure most doctors in the 1800s didn't have expertise at killing unborn babies. And please note: in making this second claim, they contradict their first one—if doctors weren't doing “A”s, their income wouldn't be affected by midwives doing them.
Here's the proven truth: In 1873, the Comstock Act was passed by the U.S. Senate, making “A” illegal. “In 1967, Colorado became the first state to decriminalize “A” in cases of rape, incest, or in which pregnancy would lead to permanent physical disability of the woman… By the end of 1972, 13 states had a law similar to that of Colorado, while Mississippi allowed “A” in cases of rape or incest only and Alabama and Massachusetts allowed “A”s only in cases where the woman's physical health was endangered...The legal position prior to Roe v. Wade was that “A” was illegal in 30 states and legal under certain circumstances in 20 states.” (source)
In addition, the biased PP article references the pro-“A” Guttmacher Institute, which offers stats on back-alley “A” deaths without any proof or verification. In Shattering the Back Alley "A" Myth, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a former “A”ist, admits that he and other pro-“A” advocates promoted false stats about deaths from back-alley “A”s. And he should know, because before Nathanson became pro-life, he was co-founder of the National “A” Rights Action League (NARAL).
Using back-alley “A”s to justify legal “A” is like saying we should make robbing banks legal because bank employees and bank robbers often suffer from being shot or put in prison.
I want to add that American Christians are doing a great job of setting up crisis pregnancy centers, which offer free services for women with problem pregnancies.
* My purpose
is not to examine the corrupt lives of politicians on either side of the
aisle. My purpose is to address those who spread propaganda claiming
God's approval of immoral public policies. And since the Democrats
passionately promote the most ungodly policies, they are more often the
source of this propaganda. I make my decisions about politicians by
their platform, not their personality or personal lives. If there is a
creep who wants to limit “A” and a nice guy who wants to promote
it, I'm voting for the creep. In fact, I have a hard time seeing anyone as a nice guy who promotes the killing of the unborn. My goal isn't to approve the lifestyle of a candidate. My goal is to vote for the platform that will save the most innocent babies from death. Am I a single-issue voter? No, but I am a voter who prioritizes policies biblically, understanding that the sin of “A” is corrupting the conscience of America and damaging the well-being of our nation like no other sin.
Pictures of Talarico are Creative Commons.
