(It might be best to read the previous post before reading today's--since it is a continuation of that thought.) An Associated Press article was published today (July 22, 2005) with the following quote: "'It's such an imprtant thing, abortion is a woman's right.... What she does with her body is her right and nobody has the right to take that away from her.'" As discussed yesterday, the unborn baby within a woman is not her body. That baby is a GOD created human life (GOD created because HE determined how babies would be created when HE created everything) separate and distinct from the woman. The absolute proof of that statement is that the baby has different DNA than the mother has.

No one has the right to murder another human being including one's own child unless GOD gives that right to them. No government can give one that right. No legislative body can give one that right. No court system can give one that right. Only one entity can bestow that right onto another and that entity is GOD. It is clear that GOD has not given a mother the right to murder her unborn baby. The courts may allow its citizens to murder an unborn child but they do not have the power to give anyone that power as a right. It did not, does not now, and never will have that power.

Here are some statistics on the number of murders of unborn babies since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed mothers to murder their unborn baby. As a disclaimer: I realize statistics are not 100% accurate, can be manipulated, and the result depends upon the definitions used by the gatherer of the information. I checked five sources and three of them had the same figures--two differed somewhat from these to be given but they also differed with each other. The statistics listed are from www.womensissues.about.com except for the 1997 year which was not listed. 1997 is from www.nrlc.org. NRLC is the National Right to Life organization. I did not check the information from Planned Murderhood since I don't trust any information they publish.

1973.......774,600 murdered unborn babies
1974.......898,600 murdered unborn babies
1975.....1,034,200 murdered unborn babies
1976.....1,179,300 murdered unborn babies
1977.....1,316,700 murdered unborn babies
.........5,203,400 murdered unborn babies over five years
1978.....1,409,600 murdered unborn babies
1979.....1,497,700 murdered unborn babies
1980.....1,553,900 murdered unborn babies
1981.....1,557,300 murdered unborn babies
1982.....1,573,900 murdered unborn babies
........12,815,800 murdered unborn babies over ten years
1983.....1,575,000 murdered unborn babies
1984.....1,577,200 murdered unborn babies
1985.....1,588,600 murdered unborn babies
1986.....1,574,000 murdered unborn babies
1987.....1,559,100 murdered unborn babies
........20,689,700 murdered unborn babies over fifteen years
1988.....1,590,800 murdered unborn babies
1989.....1,566,900 murdered unborn babies
1990.....1,608,600 murdered unborn babies
1991.....1,556,500 murdered unborn babies
1992.....1,528,900 murdered unborn babies
........28,541,400 murdered unborn babies over twenty years
1993.....1,500,000 murdered unborn babies
1994.....1,431,000 murdered unborn babies
1995.....1,363,700 murdered unborn babies
1996.....1,365,700 murdered unborn babies
1997.....1,328,000 murdered unborn babies
........35,529,800 murdered unborn babies over the first twenty five years of allowed abortions in the United States. The land that promises the pursuit of Life unless your mother murders you in the womb.

According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Facts in Brief: Abortion in the United States, 2000. (this information was taken from www.mccl.org/abortion_statistics.htm. MCCL is Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life.):

"Why do women have abortions?

75% say having a baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities.

66% (about) say they cannot afford to have another child.

50% say they do not want to be a single parent, or have relationship problems with husband or partner.

Less than 2% have abortions because they became pregnant as a result of rape or incest."

(Obviously, many women gave more than one reason for having an abortion.)


Even removing 5,000,000 abortions over twenty five years to have conservative statistics, the fact is that approximately 30,000,000 (thirty million) babies have been murdered by mothers over the first twenty five years of legalized abortions in this country. That is a holocaust of tremendous proportions and one that GOD must abhor. HE allows us to sin because we have been given free will. It does not mean we will not be punished for our sin. We face eternal condemnation unless we repent and turn to HIM for forgiveness. True faith must produce repentance and then obedience to GOD'S will!