Life & the Election - what is at stake?

As we think about the Presidential Election just a few weeks away, I can't help but to think of what is at stake in this election for some of the most vulnerable, and voiceless children...the unborn.  As Christians - let's not be just pro-life, but pro-adoption too...so that we support those birthmothers who courageously choose LIFE!

Here are a few excerpts from Randy Alcorn's recent blog posting...you really need to watch the video to understand the context of these statements below. 

(This picture is of a born child and a picture of that same child months earlier in the womb.)

Based on what they've repeatedly said about the abortion issue, there's every reason to believe Obama/Biden would appoint pro-legal-abortion judges and McCain/Palin would appoint anti-legal-abortion judges. The difference in years to come could mean millions of children's lives.

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...Planned Parenthood knows. You'll see it in the video at the end, and the wording of the question to Obama about appointing judges.

...Here is an example how the real Obama has been "moving the party forward to elevate the issue of the sanctity of life. . ." On July 17, 2007, Obama stood in front of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the lobbying-political arm of the nation's largest abortion provider, and pledged, "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing that I'd do."

Obama is a cosponsor of this so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA) (S. 1173). It is a bill that would invalidate virtually every federal and state limitation on abortion, including all parental notification and consent laws, waiting periods, and limitations on public funding of abortion. Or, as the National Organization for Women put it, it would "sweep away hundreds of anti-abortion laws [and] policies." These laws in the aggregate have saved—are saving—countless lives.

Cardinal Justin Rigali, in a September 19, 2008, letter to members of Congress, explained with great clarity the sweeping power of the language contained in theFOCA:

"First it [the FOCA] creates a 'fundamental right' to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy, including a right to abort a fully developed child in the final weeks for undefined 'health' reasons. No government body at any level would be able to 'deny or interfere with' this newly created federal right. Second, it forbids government at all levels to 'discriminate' against the exercise of this right 'in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.' For the first time, abortion on demand would be a national entitlement that government must condone and promote in all public programs affecting pregnant women."

1st trimester - 11 weeks

[Randy speaking]...Let me remind you that when I first heard him speak I wanted to vote for Obama. I have no hatred or disdain for him. I think he's likable, sharp, and has some good ideas.

What I am feeling is profound sadness that he would sacrifice children on the altar of choice. And, yes, I admit to being grieved that many Christians are following him, as if the legalized killing of children created in God's image were just one more secondary political issue (some issues, including slavery and Jew-killing and child-killing, are bigger than that).

I totally understand disenchantment with the Republican party; what I don't understand is why innocent children deserve to be punished by your vote.

The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did [or didn't do] for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [or didn't do] for me.' Jesus, Matthew 25:40,45

So...will the candidate's pro-choice/pro-life issue stance be a determining factor in who you will vote for?

Andy

Read Randy Alcorn's full blog post