Abortion: Without Natural Affection

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N THE FIRST CHAPTER OF ROMANS ered “defective.” Before Hitler was ished accordingly as the woman’s
the apostle Paul listed the sins finished, his Nazi machine had husband imposes on him; and he
of the Gentiles. In this heinous murdered six million Jews, plus shall pay as the judges determine.
list of crimes we find the phrase another 6 million Gypsies, Poles But if any lasting harm follows,
“without natural affection” (Rom. and prisoners of war. then you shall give life for life, eye
1:31, KJV). This refers to those who Any woman who could destroy for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
do not possess the love and attach- the child within her womb would hand, foot for foot, burn for burn,
ment which nature teaches all have to be judged as one “without wound for wound, stripe for
mothers to have for their young. natural affection.” During the stripe” (Exodus 21:22-25). If the
“This expression denotes the decade of fighting in Vietnam there accidental interruption of a preg-
want of affectionate regard towards were 58,655 American war casual- nancy was to be punished, what
their children. The attachment of about the one who deliberately
parents to children is one of the murders the unborn?
strongest in nature, and nothing The Psalmist David thought of
can overcome it but the most himself as being alive while in his
confirmed and established wicked- mothers womb. “For You have
ness. And yet the apostle charges formed my inward parts; You have
on the heathen generally the want covered me in my mother’s womb.
of this affection. He doubtless I will praise You, for I am fearfully
refers here to the practice so and wonderfully made; marvelous
common among heathens of are Your works, and that my soul
exposing their children, or putting knows very well. My frame was
them to death. This crime, so not hidden from You, when I was
abhorrent to all the feelings of made in secret, and skillfully
humanity, was common among the wrought in the lowest parts of the
heathen, and is still. The Canaan- earth” (Psalms 139:13-16). Though
ites, we are told, (Psa. cvi. 37, 38) his body was not totally developed,
‘sacrificed their sons and their David affirmed that the Lord knew
daughters unto devils, and shed ties. Our country now kills more him! The only real difference
innocent blood, even the blood of unborn babies than that every between an unborn child and a
their sons and daughters, whom fifteen days. During the six major newborn baby is the way they feed
they sacrificed unto the idols of wars our country has fought and obtain oxygen.
Canaan.’ Manasseh, among the (Revolutionary War, Civil War, People often ask what the
Jews, imitated their example, and WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam) mother should do if she knows the
introduced the horrid custom of we have sustained 1,160,591 child will have birth defects. I
sacrificing children to Moloch, and casualties. Since abortion was remind them that no test is 100%
set the example by offering his legalized in this country in 1973, accurate, and no child is 100%
own, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. Among the over 23 million unborn babies have perfect! I get upset when abortion-
ancient Persians it was a common been murdered by their mothers. ists tell me that life is not worth
custom to bury children alive. In The remains of these precious lives living if you have a handicap. As
most of the Grecian states, infanti- are destroyed in hospital incinera- the father of a child born with
cide was not merely permitted, but tors or thrown into dumpsters multiple birth defects, I believe I
actually enforced by law” (Barnes’ behind the abortion mills. There is have the right to exhibit a little
Notes On The New Testament). no national cemetery for the righteous indignation.
The practice of murdering small unborn, no flag draped coffins, no Our oldest son was born about
children was also common among national day of remembrance. three months premature and
the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Abortion is sinful because it is weighed a little over three pounds.
Chinese and Hindus. The murder the willful taking of human life. He was born a “blue baby” (i.e., not
of children and the infirm is not Under the Mosaic Law, God said, breathing). The doctor who deliv-
isolated to antiquity. The Nazi “If men fight, and hurt a woman ered him decided not to resuscitate
Holocaust began with the elimina- with child, so that she gives birth him, but to let him die. The anes-
tion of almost 300,000 Aryan prematurely, yet no lasting harm thetist in the delivery room, one of
German citizens who were consid- follows, he shall surely be pun- the deacons from church, insisted
that the doctor revive our son. For The Bible says the “way of the
this we will be eternally grateful. transgressor is hard” (Prov. 13:5,
Though my son is deaf and par-
tially blind, he is a wonderful boy
KJV). Picture a young woman in
her final year of college finding out
Cost
who enjoys life, and he made his
parents very proud when he
that she is pregnant. Her plans for
the future will be ruined if she has
Comparisons
achieved the honor roll at school. the child, so she decides to have it
$100000
Some parents have told me they killed. Then later in life, she often AIDS Patient
State Prisoner
wished their children would have crys herself to sleep while thinking $80000 Nursing Home
Child Rearing
never been born. I have never of the child that might have been. It $60000
heard this from the parent of a is still true that the way of the
handicapped child, and I know a transgressor is hard. $40000

lot of them. In fact, these parents Abortion is no worse than the $20000
are the most militant anti-abortion- other sins listed in Romans 1:26-32.
$0
ists I have ever met. They believe All sin is terrible. But, thanks be to 1
life is worth living, even with God, there is a remedy: repentance.
physical impairments. David spoke of it so eloquently in One defense abortionists
Though the Bible does not give the 51st Psalm when he prayed, often use to justify their practice
an example of someone who “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall is the claim that it is just too
aborted their child, it does tell us be clean; wash me, and I shall be expensive to bring “unwanted”
about an “unwanted” pregnancy: whiter than snow. Make me to hear children into the world.
the case of David and Bathsheba (1 joy and gladness, that the bones According to Science (Feb. 5,
Samuel 11 & 12). David, the king of which You have broken may 1988), the average cost for
Israel, coveted his neighbor’s wife, rejoice. Hide Your face from my treating AIDS “victims” is
stole her from her husband and sins, and blot out all my iniquities. $80,000. This is for a disease
committed adultery with her. To Create in me a clean heart, O God, which requires the collaboration
avoid the embarrassment of an and renew a steadfast spirit within of the “victim.” Over 90% of the
illegitimate child, David murdered me. Do not cast me away from AIDS cases since 1981 have
Uriah the Hittite. David’s solution Your presence, and do not take involved male homosexuals or
to his problem was the same as Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore IV drug users.
many fornicators today: kill the to me the joy of Your salvation, and The cost of housing convicted
innocent to protect the guilty! uphold me with Your generous murders and rapists has passed
According to Editorial Research Spirit. Then I will teach transgres- $36,000 per year (Editorial
Reports (1987, Vol. II, pg. 537), sors Your ways, and sinners shall Research Reports, 1987, Vol. II, pg.
81.3% of all abortions are per- be converted to You.” ❧ 395). Maybe if we could jail the
formed on unmarried women. This unborn children the ACLU
means that four out of five times would feel compelled to defend
the baby is murdered to hide the © 1997 David Padfield them too.
sin of it’s parents! www.padfield.com The Health Insurance Associa-
tion of America says the annual
cost for nursing home care is
Why Women Choose Abortion around $30,000. Of course, some
of the “pro-choice” people have
→ 1% because of rape, incest, health a solution for this problem. It’s
18% because of the same advice they give a
convenience, social or problems of the mother or fetal
pregnant woman: murder those

→
economic reasons handicap†
who can’t defend themselves.
The average cost of raising a
81.3% of abortions child is now about $2,350 per
→ are the result of year, at least that’s what the IRS
fornication* figures. It is expensive to raise a
child, but a real bargain when
compared to housing a criminal
or treating a homosexual for his
self-inflicted disease. ❧
*Editorial Research Reports, 1987, Vol. II, pg. 537
†
Abortion Questions & Answers, pg. 193
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