DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Prenatal child support, the "hard cases," and abortion grief

Personhood in the news

The U.S. laws you've never heard about

Georgia’s LIFE Act received considerable attention last year, but larger discussions about abortion shadowed the law's prenatal child support provisions. Prenatal child support is not new to Georgia, and many other states have had such laws for decades. How might it impact abortion if these laws were more widely known?

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A story of human value and disability

Pro-lifers care about children, born and pre-born, and we care about their moms and dads. We tell the world that all lives matter. We talk of equal value and equal protection when it comes to the most vulnerable. But Emily and her family live it out every day. Hers is a challenging story the pro-life movement needs to hear.

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Photographer captures abortion grief

After the Abortion is a photo series on Facebook that allows women to express their abortion stories through conceptual imagery. The photos have been used in books, pamphlets, exhibitions, pregnancy centers, and post-abortive programs across the country to help women find healing and forgiveness.

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Personhood on the ground

Abortion in cases of sexual assault: Responding with facts and compassion

Abortion is promoted, and often expected, for women and girls who become pregnant from sexual assault. Even the vast majority in the pro-life movement have resigned to, or are unsure how to counter, the arguments. Sadly, moral relativism guides most Americans’ views of abortion, and even more strongly when it comes to sexual assault.

But it seems we should ask a very important demographic—the victims of sexual assault—what guides their views.

Are we listening to them? Are we protecting them? And what can we do as individuals to advocate for them?

“Women who have just experienced violence and violation are not healed by further acts of violence and violation. Nothing about that makes sense. I’ve met countless women who abort after [sexual assault] and live with that guilt and regret. I’ve never known anyone who was sorry she had her child.” -- Jennifer Christie, Love Louder

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