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Outspoken talk show host Bill Maher raised a few eyebrows lately with his perspective on abortion. He acknowledges that abortion is (or "kind of is") murder and endorses it anyway. Hopefully we can all agree with his conclusion about what abortion really is. And it is refreshing to hear someone openly speaking the brutal truth with words that accurately describe the situation.

            For years the prochoice voices have attempted to use language less brutal in order to hide the truth. Much better sounding to speak about a fetus than a baby. ‘Women’s health’ certainly is something that is important and there are many words spoken in support of it from the prochoice narrative. But there is a deafening silence of words expressing the health of the unborn baby.

            Even the term ‘prochoice’ on the surface sounds quite harmless. After all we in democracies value freedom and the freedom to make choices. But democracies also realize that there must be limits on freedom and choices. For example, we take a very dim view on things like elder abuse, spousal abuse, child abuse etc. We simply are not allowed to harm others particularly the weak and vulnerable. In Canada there are no restrictions on abortions right up to delivery, and this is the position that the prochoice movement in the US wants to reinstate. But the prochoice movement wants an exception. They want freedom and choice to have their own way even if it results in the death of an unborn child. There have always been rare cases where there are life threatening circumstances, but these are becoming even rarer as medical knowledge  and expertise continues to advance.

            But let’s go back to Bill Maher’s comment. He agrees that it is or sort of is murder but endorses it anyway. What is his rationale or reason for doing so. He simply says there is already eight billion people in the world. This is a chilling statement. The implication is that one of the ways of controlling world population is through the death of the unborn. So, if that is unable to manage the population growth who is next? The mentally handicapped? Those diagnosed with dementia? Seniors over a certain age?  The bottom line is that when we stop believing that we are born in the image of God we set foot on a slippery slope with no guaranteed stopping point.

                                                                                                                                Pastor Dave