My Commentary on President Obama's Statement on Abortion

That's when we begin to say, "Maybe we won't agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this is a heart-wrenching decision for any woman to make, with both moral and spiritual dimensions.

The truth is organizations like Planned Parenthood don't want it to be a heart-wrenching decision and do their best to convince women that its just a cell...or a lifeless organism that doesn't count. Their message is that it is your body and you must consider your own health over the life of the baby. When I pastored in a university city in Indiana, the university newspaper was filled with abortion ads encouraging girls to get their painless and cheap abortions. It was well-known that many girls had as many as four and five abortions during their college years. Undoubtedly, the more abortions they had, the less heart-wrenching the decision became.

So let's work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term. Let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics and sound science, as well as respect for the equality of women."

With respect to his office, this is all tongue-in-cheek language. If we made abortion illegal, it would open up the opportunity for tens of thousands of families every year to adopt babies. And if you are going to honor the conscience of the pro-lifers and make sure our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics then lets stop inhumane methods like Suction-Aspiration which paralyzes and stretches open the cervical muscle then inserts a hollow plastic tube with a knife-like edge into the uterus. The suction tears the baby’s body into pieces. The placenta is cut from the uterine wall and everything is sucked into a bottle.

And lets bring to an end of health care policies like Dilation and Evacuation or(D and E)which is done after the third month of pregnancy. The cervix must be dilated before the abortion. Here, usually Laminaria sticks are inserted into the cervix. These are made of sterilized seaweed that is compressed into thin sticks. When inserted, they absorb moisture and expand, thus enlarging the cervix. A pliers-like instrument is inserted through the cervix into the uterus. The abortionist then seizes a leg, arm or other part of the baby and, with a twisting motion, tears it from the body. This continues until only the head remains. Finally the skull is crushed and pulled out. The nurse must then reassemble the body parts to be sure that all of them were removed.

Understand - I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away. No matter how much we may want to fudge it - indeed, while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory - the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature. Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words.

Again, President Obama is trying to play referee between good vs evil, between light vs darkness, between life and death, and actually between God and Satan's kingdoms. There is no place for openness and fair-mindedness in a civil society where the weakest and most vulnerable humans are mutilated and slaughtered to the tune of 60,000 every year. A President and a government are suppose to protect its citizens, not promote and financially support their deaths. Some may respect President Obama for trying to bring the two camps together, but he is playing the part of the fool and arguing against the very God whom he claims to serve. God's Word says, "Thou shalt not kill." Psalms 139 is very clear when it says in "For you (God) created my inmost being;you (God) knit me together in my mother's womb.I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;your works are wonderful,I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you (God) when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." [Psalm 139:13-16]

Yesterday, was a sad day for Notre Dame, but most of all for our country. The man whom we elected to the highest office in the land continues to advocate the offering of children to the god, Molech, as did Israel in the Old Testament. Almighty God punished severely his people (Israel) for such sins by allowing their enemies to destroy their armies and take them into captivity. How can we expect God to bless and have mercy on our nation when we are committing the same if not worse transgressions?

Please pray for our nation and our President as we are commanded in the scriptures.

-Pastor Randy