Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Over 53,000,000 lives have been taken, with the government’s approval, since 1973.  This fact may shock you until you hear more detail.  In 1973, Roe v. Wade was passed, legalizing abortion.  Since then, more than 53 million unborn children have been murdered.  Your surprise at the first sentence has probably subsided.  Everyone tells you that abortion is legal, and therefore normal and acceptable.  They say that an unborn child is not human and possesses no right to live.  That “it” is simply an unimportant mass of tissue.  God has given me a passion to protect the rights of unborn children, and I am here to tell you that what many people regard as burdens are truly precious, living people.

                God inspired David to write these words in Psalm 139: “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.  My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.  Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.  And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” (verses 13-16)  The One who created the unborn children clearly cares a great deal for them.
                Even if you do not believe the Bible to be credible, much scientific evidence exists for the humanity of unborn children.  The strictest limit on an allowable time for abortion is twenty weeks into a pregnancy.  However, so much happens in a baby’s life before that time.  At the moment of conception, the embryo possesses about 100,000 genes, which determine its eye and hair colors, gender, facial features, etc.  And this all takes place in the split second that a child is conceived!  Only 18 days after conception, the baby’s heart begins to beat.  Blood vessels are formed at three weeks, and brain activity can be detected at six weeks.  He or she can have the hiccups at only 6 ½ - 8 ½ weeks.  Nine weeks into the pregnancy, the unborn child can feel pain.  Taste buds are present by 13-15 weeks, and fingerprints exist by the fourteenth week.  Finally, a baby’s hearing ability is developed 16-20 weeks into the pregnancy.  Even with all of these obvious signs of beautiful life, many people will still tell you that a fetus is nothing but a worthless mass of tissue.
                In addition, most Americans have more concern for the rights of endangered animal species throughout the world and the rights of the pregnant woman herself than the rights of the unborn child.  A common argument is that the pregnant female owns her body and can therefore do whatever she wants to do with it.  But the child’s rights are never taken into consideration.  Yes, the woman may have the right to do what she wants with her own body, but she should not have the right to make a decision to terminate the life of another human being.
                So what can we do?  I know this for sure: God demands action, not complacency.  Proverbs 31:8-9 says this: “Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die.  Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”  We must do what we can to stop this genocide.  We must cry out for those who cannot cry out for themselves.  We must help to educate our citizens of what truly happens when they choose abortion; convincing them of the falsehoods they have been told.  We must pray for a change in the hearts of our governmental leaders and the people of our country.  Thomas Jefferson said, “God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?  Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.”  God will not let this great sin go unpunished.  We need to stop it, before it is too late.