Make Abortion Illegal Again

"If I would have known that I could have possibly been penalized for having an abortion, I would have NEVER had one. If I would have not had my first abortion, I would have never walked into the doors of Planned Parenthood to work there. If I wouldn’t have worked there, I wouldn’t have had my second abortion. And if I wouldn’t have worked there, I wouldn’t have the souls of 22,000 innocent children’s lives on my soul for the rest of my earthly life. To stop a woman from having an abortion by teaching her that her actions have consequences is the most compassionate thing I can think of." - Abby Johnson

The most loving thing we can do for women is to create moral law that prevents immoral behavior that will devastate her later. Abortion is not healthy nor caring toward women, and therefore we cannot hold an exception for women to allow her to legally kill her own children, and in the process, harden her heart and lose her soul. We must love women enough to put a legal barricade that aligns with God's perfect moral code as our example that agrees with the will of God, "thou shalt not murder." Only then, can we say we are compassionate toward women.

Because a mother loves her children, if she sees them running into the street, she will stop them. She may even spank them. Because that spanking deters the action and is better than them getting run over by a car. Threatening a proverbial spanking to a woman to prevent her from being run over by the devastation of abortion is the most loving thing we can do for her. Her soul and her life are worth warning her. It's worth our effort to protect and prevent her from being caught in that snare that may take her years to escape. She will be grateful later when she holds that beautiful baby in her arms.

By eliminating aborting children as an option, we elevate and honor not only motherhood, but the true needs of a woman's heart to commitment and being not just used for sex but cherished as a woman. We also lessen the prevalence of infertility, depression, chemical dependence, rage, and suicidal tendencies prolific among women of childbearing age because of abortion. Making abortion illegal is a win-win for women and children. The child can live and the mother can have the life of her dreams without the scars and regret of choosing to lose a child along the way.

Women are so much more capable than we give ourselves credit. We can have a career, raise children, and be fulfilled as individuals and mothers at the same time. And without abortion, most of us even like men. We can influence the world to come after us through the children we birth and those we raise. Children truly are a gift to that mother keeping her tender and caring and the best that she can be as a woman. I have seen many children be the salvation, if you will, of young women who needed a life change, who were looking for love in all the wrong places, and in a single moment turned to God for help and found life and love for herself and her baby. I've watched so many women's lives completely turn around because of a baby that now motivates them and brings such joy and purpose and laughter and sweetness and matures them in their ability to love. Making abortion illegal protects children and their mothers from the harms and death of abortion.

Because of the nature of harm and death caused by abortion, it needs to be illegal again. Abortionists will say whatever they want, but laws that protect individuals from harm and provide justice for those who are harmed are not only godly, but the most compassionate thing we can do for pregnant mothers and their children, so mothers don't face the lifelong harm and regret and devastation of losing a child to 'choice', and children don't lose their only life through a torturous death. This is what we do in law all the time. We protect people through seatbelt laws, stop lights, speed limits, laws against vehicular homicide, and driving while intoxicated. We have laws against killing people, taking into account whether it was accidental or intentional. We even have laws that don't protect people at all like a $10,000 fine for picking up an eagle's feather. Since I don't know what an eagle's feather looks like, I just don't pick up any feathers! We want women and children to be protected from abortion. That is the purpose of law. If people are being run over and killed at an intersection, we put up a stop light. We don't put up a stop light because we want people to get tickets. We put up a stop light to stop people from being killed. With every abortion, one person is being killed and the other is being harmed. Abortion causes unnecessary pain and suffering and death. So why do we continue to allow it in our law?

The purpose of law is to be a tutor, to deter unwanted behavior, and to provide justice for the victim. Every law is a moral code that teaches what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Law educates. It tells every voter and every citizen that killing children prior to birth is not safe and not legal. It protects pregnant mothers from coercion and pressure to destroy their lives and painfully take away the lives of their children. For those who won't be taught, law is a deterrent. Just knowing there could be unwanted consequences prevents unwanted behaviors. And for those who knowingly break the law anyway, it provides justice for the victim. The victim in every abortion is the child. Whether two months following birth or prior to birth, these children who tragically lose their lives deserve justice. They lose their only life. They lose everything. They lose their first breath, their chance to feel love, to walk and talk and run and graduate high school and get married and have children of their own, and to become who they were created to be.

We need just and fair laws according to God's written expressed will. That means focusing our efforts on protecting all living children and their mothers by making abortion illegal. Making abortion illegal would protect children and their mothers from the harm and torturous deaths caused by abortion. Every pregnant mother is harmed by abortion, even if it's in ways she may not realize - spiritually, relationally, emotionally, cognitively, financially, and often physically. Killing children is not good for anyone - women, families, communities, or our state or nation. Just (fair) law means there are consequences consistent with how we treat a mother who kills her two-year-old, because we're talking about the same child. A District Attorney may not prosecute, and a judge may or may not hear or sentence someone accused of a crime, but laws are in place if we're serious about preventing a behavior. There are already laws and a legal process in place concerning harming other human beings, all we need to do is apply the same laws to the same children prior to birth that protect them following birth. We only need to apply the laws already in place for all living human beings and stop discriminating against the youngest and most vulnerable among us. We need to put into law what we say we believe that these children deserve protection. We need to stop playing god and start agreeing with God.

Abortion was unthinkable before it became legal. Prior to 1967, all abortion was illegal in every state of the United States. As long as abortion is legal, it is a choice that will continue to harm women and kill children. We already have laws and a judiciary in place to protect everyone except the child prior to birth. When we discriminate against a group of living human beings in their mothers' wombs, we are not being just (fair). This is not just law, and we know God judges nations that have unjust laws. Any law that targets only certain groups of people while excluding others is an unjust law. As long as mothers may continue to kill their preborn children, abortion remains legal, and women continue to be harmed and children killed. Once abortion is illegal, law-abiding citizens will not break the law. For the few individuals who do break the law to kill a child, they will have their day in court as to why they did it. Their day in court will give them a free attorney if they cannot afford one and may be their ticket out of abuse because someone is listening to them. There are already laws in place to protect those who were coerced to break a law and for those aiding and abetting breaking the law.

We all want women protected. And hopefully, more people are starting to care about children. The best, if not only, way to protect women and children from the harms and deaths of abortion is to make abortion illegal. A fair and just law is one that everyone is expected to obey, and that protects everyone. A fair and just law is the only kind of law God will bless. Until we make abortion illegal, we are condoning the deaths of children and its harms to women.

Proverbs 18:5

"Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice."

1 Timothy 1:5-10

"The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert. Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching." 

Faye Barnhart is a Life Affirming Specialist and Co-Proponent of the Colorado Life Initiative. She was a women’s advocate for 19 years, served four pregnancy care centers in two states, served on a federal think tank on the co-occurrence of adult and child violence, walked alongside hundreds of women including those victimized by partner violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking, and grew the largest pregnancy care center in the United States geographically. A prelaw student who interned at the state Capitol and in media, she graduated with honors and pursued master's work in Organizational Leadership and a career in Communications for international ministries. She began in the prolife cause in the 1980’s, raised her children as a single parent, and is now married with an adopted special needs son and enjoys each of her grandchildren, including a grandbaby who needed life-saving surgery at birth. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior and Lord as a small child and seeks His wisdom daily to end the abortion holocaust.