Poverty, cultures that emphasize personal achievement and freedom over nurturing life, and sinful choices leading to conception present many opportunities for ministry, social action, intervention, and wise counsel. Reports show only a small percentage of abortions occur due to sexual assault or the mother’s health. Multiple studies of why women choose abortion both in the US and around the world report the greatest percentage of women make the choice because the pregnancy would interfere with life plans, affordability of the child, their lack of readiness for this child, or birth control failure. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” ( Psalm 139:13-14 ESV) And the Psalm writer praises God, “For you formed my inward parts you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you” ( Jeremiah 1:5 ESV). God tells us He knows us before we take our first breath.

But we believe every child deserves the right to life, even for the approximately nine months that child is dependent on the mother’s body. Who is more vulnerable than the unborn in a culture choosing to dehumanize them or prioritize their mothers’ lives over theirs?Ĭhristians respect a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body. At the same time, historically, Christians have believed that each life is created in the image of God and that, as followers of Jesus, we are called to speak up for and defend the most vulnerable persons in our society. We respect that for most women, the decision to end a pregnancy is agonizing and nothing she takes lightly. Reasonable Christians appreciate the complex dynamics and unique situations surrounding every individual woman’s pregnancy. Christians across America ask, “What is a Christian perspective on the Roe v.

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