Barack on Abortion: Children as a Punishment

(I don’t think that this will display the videos when it is imported into Facebook, so I’ll provide a link to YouTube below each of them.)

Children are a Punishment

Video can be found on YouTube here.

Punished with children? Obviously Barack is not saying that all children are a punishment. But those that are unwanted, those that were not intended by their parents are a punishment! Consider Psalm 127:3-5 :

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
   the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
   are the children of one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
   who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
   when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Even if children were a punishment, what Barack is saying is a horrendous idea!

At this point, one might bring up those who have been raped. While that is a tragedy that needs discussion, that is not what Barack was addressing. He was addressing a scenario in which a girl sleeps around and becomes pregnant, does not want a child that would burden her and decides to kill the child. Oh, wouldn’t the world love to sleep around and freely have sex without any consequences or responsibility!

Two Children; Two Mentalities: Life and Death

Video can be found on YouTube here.

As I watched this, I couldn’t help but think of an adopted child at my church, Trinity Baptist, who could be considered a ‘failed abortion.’ How such an atrocity can occur is beyond me! To take a child, yes a child, in a situation where even the pitiful excuse that it is not a person cannot be used and kill it!

Abortion is sickening! We are often lectured not to have tunnel vision, or to be a single-issue voters. I find this to be a clever way of downplaying the immensity of vile act of abortion. Could you justify voting for a pro-slavery candidate because you liked his economic policies, or his oratory skills, or his healthcare plan? I urge you to look at all of the issues and where each candidate stands (both in words and record), but to make sure to prioritize the issues and to give them due weight - lives depend on it.