Foundations newsletter
June 9, 2022
Foundations is a semi-monthly online publication of Personhood Alliance Education that informs and equips Christians on issues of life for the 21st century.
Personhood in the news
Is eco-anxiety grounds for euthanasia?
Howard Breen, a healthy 68 year old man, has applied for Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), Canada's pathway to legal euthanasia. He is not ill, but claims he is suffering extreme mental suffering because of "climate change." Breen's doctor diagnosed him with eco-anxiety and biosphere-related depression. This diagnosis does not currently qualify for MAiD, but Breen and others are working to change that. The eerily familiar goal appears to be death on demand for any reason.
The collapse of Roe v. Wade must unite us
With the fall of Roe v. Wade imminent, the pro-life movement is about to be given what it has always wanted: The chance to enact laws to build a culture of life in the United States. But with that opportunity comes the daunting task of convincing our fellow citizens of the absolute evil of abortion. In order to achieve this, we must put behind us old disagreements that have fractured the pro-life movement and unite around our core principle—equal protection, without exception.
Abortion linked Novavax to be FDA approved
Novavax’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine cleared a key step this week on the path toward Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization. The FDA's independent advisory committee unanimously recommended approval, and the shot could be authorized for distribution in the U.S. as early as this week. While hailed as "ethical," Novavax—like all Covid-19 vaccines currently available—relied on the use of aborted fetal cells in the testing phase.
Personhood on the ground
Five biblical truths:
What the scriptures say about abortion
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
The intentional taking of life before birth is not new. In fact, one of the signal achievements of the spread of the Gospel in the Greco-Roman world was to push abortion and its close sibling, infanticide, to the margins of society.
It was the Church that swept through as the great pro-life movement, setting standards in medicine, culture, and public policy that still condition the thinking of fractured Christianity in the 21st century. Yet a single argument remains: That the Bible doesn’t specifically condemn abortion, and God gives us free will, so He must be “pro-choice.”
This conclusion depends on some serious misunderstandings, both of the historical context and the sanctity of life ethic woven throughout the Bible.
This ethic can be organized into five main points, supported by Scripture.
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