The New Amendment 3
The new Amendment 3, touted as the solution to to unrestrained abortion, FAILS to protect the unborn and vulnerable women.
AMENDMENT 3 ALLOWS MOTHERS TO KILL THEIR BABIES AT HOME.
Amendment 3 permits women to have self-managed abortions by which they starve or poison a child in silence and secrecy. We must never approve of this cruelty as choice or compassion. God sees, and God grieves.
“You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13).
“Woe to those who call evil good and
good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness” (Isaiah 5:20).
It actually codifies into the constitution the destruction of children who are alleged to be conceived in rape or incest, as well as those who are believed to have fetal anomalies.
NO CHILD SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH BASED ON HOW THEY WERE CONCEIVED.
Scripture is clear: Personhood is not based on circumstances. All preborn babies are image-bearers, equally known and loved by God.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you” (Jeremiah 1:5).
“For God shows no partiality” (Romans 2:11).
Even those who refuse to acknowledge God know that the subjectiveness of these "exceptions" render this rule unenforceable. We should all recognize that there is no instant way to determine if a child was actually conceived in rape. The reality of awaiting trial and conviction is absurd as these cases frequently take months or years to process.
In the case of incest, DNA testing is typically done after the birth of the child. While there may be some newer technologies allowing for prenatal testing, they often cannot be completed until later in the pregnancy, making establishing paternity more complicated than one might think.
In either case, a culture who pressures a mother to kill her baby who was conceived in rape or incest, has given the predator every incentive to target the most vulnerable women and girls - leaving that predator NO consequence for his actions and NO help for his silenced victims.
The new Amendment 3 will result in cultural pressure to murder "those kind" of unborn children and stigmatize those who are disabled or were conceived in rape or incest.
WE ARE NOT MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN GOD.
Some Christians believe allowing abortions in tragic cases is merciful, but Scripture never pits justice against compassion. God’s Law is perfectly merciful and just. We do not show love by allowing the shedding of innocent blood.
“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you” (Psalm 89:14).
“The Lord, the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth” (Exodus 34:6).
GOD COMMANDS EQUAL PROTECTION FOR ALL HUMAN LIFE.
Equal protection means we defend all unborn children, not just some.
When we make exceptions, we violate the justice we claim to uphold, and God calls that injustice sin.
“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy” (Proverbs 31:8-9).
“Justice, and only justice, shall you follow” (Deuteronomy 16:19-20).
SILENCE IN THE FACE OF EVIL IS COMPLICITY.
If we remain silent while efforts like the new Amendment 3 pass, we become complicit in the injustice. Christians must speak, vote, and act in line with God’s Word, never succumbing to political compromise.
“Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Behold, we did not know this,’ does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will He not repay man according to His work?” (Proverbs 24:11-12).
“So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin” (James 4:17).