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Pastor Carter addresses Questions on

ABORTION

Is it possible to be a Christian who is pro-choice?

I suppose that depends on what you're referring to when you say "pro-choice." I assume you're referring to abortion. Abortion, in the general sense, should most certainly not be acceptable to a Christian. A Christian cannot and should not align themselves with this practice. How can a Christian endorse what God condemns?

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I am a pro-choice, and to me, pro-choice means that you think the choice of abortion should not be banned. The choice was given to Cain to kill Able. God did not approve of Cain killing Able, but he still had that choice. So as God being the example, who are we to ignore that example and take away another's choice? I DO NOT endorse abortions, I simply take Jesus' example, and choose to lead by example. You are never going to stop abortions.....if you were to ban them, they would only become worse.

God has His people positioned in the earth for the purpose of imposing His Kingdom. It is the thief that comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Christ came to give life, and that more abundantly. Those who endorse the "choice" to kill, steal, and destroy are in promotion of activities that the enemy is responsible for, while Christians are to be the salt and light and work to see to it that the ideology of God's Kingdom, that of abundant life, should be the promoted practice and law of the land. Of course people have the choice to kill their babies, but it doesn't make it right or mean we should put our endorsement on the practice by simply making it legal.

There is Scripture that confirms the line of thought that if you vote a person into a position of legal authority in your land (that of lawmakers and public representatives) who you know to be in favor of committing murder of the unborn, you have played a role in the multiple deaths which take place a a result of that person being in authority. I certainly don't want to have that kind of blood on my hands, and that's why I can't...won't...vote for a person that holds pro-choice/legalized murder views. I would be held responsible for what they do after I put them there. Regardless of how good they may be on other issues, that, for me, is an impassible line of separation (as is homosexual marriage).

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When abortion was illegal, women were doing it to themselves with coat hangers or having some quack doctor in a hidden back alley do it for them. Many bled to death because of it. Shouldn't we consider that before condemning abortion?

For those of us who feel it is murder, it's murder regardless of the way it is done. Should we just make accommodations to make the murder easier? I just can't see the rationale behind the line of thought that says, "if they're going to do it anyway, let's help them do it easier." That helps it to become what it is today - just another form of legal birth control. I'd rather spend my energy and strength working to convince a young lady contemplating abortion of the truth about what's inside her, and help her work her way through the ordeal she has put herself in. In the words of Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, "It's not a clot of blood; it's not a blob of tissue. It's a baby... it's a baby!"

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Are there any exceptions, due to situations, that would make abortion ok?

For those of us that trust in Christ, life is abundant and full. Life is blessed. Taking a life would be out of the question. God views it as the murder of innocent life. There are no ways around that. Life is sacred, and protected property in God's eyes. Abortion is the purest, easiest, most legal form of brutality and murder there is, and God abhors it. Therefore, we must also.

The only case in which I believe there can be a question is in a life/death situation where it has been determined that only one, either the mother or unborn child, can live. In the case of an emergency situation, where there is life and death at stake and an immediate decision is needed to protect the life of one or the other of the precious people in question, then I believe it is up to the mother and father to determine what is best.

I would hope there would be faith enough to believe that God would take care of both momma and baby, but in cases where a person is unable to have that faith and it requires an immediate decision for the death of both or the life of one, I believe that the parents (jointly) have a right to make that decision.

But as a rule... an unborn baby is the purest, most innocent life, and should not be murdered just because he/she was unwanted by parents who were old enough to make a baby but not mature enough to raise one.

I would, in a show of genuine love and concern for both mom and baby, do everything within my power to convince mom that the right thing to do is carry the baby to term and then give it up for adoption. If she can be convinced to make these arrangements now, there are those willing to sign-on to pre-adopt newborn babies even before they're born. This would allow as much time and opportunity for this child to be adopted as possible.

The baby didn't choose to be born. The baby is coming as a result of a choice made by someone else. The baby shouldn't suffer for that. ...And neither should mom. She should be loved, helped, mentored, and led to faith in Christ. But in the meantime, someone who loves her should do their best to convince her to take on the responsibility initiated by her own choices and at least carry the baby to term.

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