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reluctant to spoil their “fairy tale” wedding plans. the tireless devotion of a few. tions: “I may feel hurt and get angry, but
616.257.6800 [tel] • A teenager obtains a judicial injunction so she can abort with- adly, no one was standing watch I’ll never stop loving you.”
out her parents’ consent. They are “wonderful” people, yet outside a Massachusetts clinic the • Merciful responses to any con-
616.257.6805 [fax] she can’t bring herself to tell them she’s pregnant. Her plan day Laura Hope Smith died on fessed sin: “You are forgiven.”
is to attend Bible college (one that doesn’t accept unmarried the abortionist’s table. Or if they were,
pregnant students) and to turn this “difficult experience” into • Compassion for others with un-
she failed to heed their pleas. Reported
b4life@bfl.org [email] an opportunity for future ministry with youth. planned pregnancies: “May I help?”
to be a “born again” member of a Bible-
www.bfl.org [internet] All three women sought abortions in Grand Rapids – “city of centered church, the 22-year-old had no • Celebration of every baby’s life:
churches” – during a three-week span in September of 2007. Our idea September 13, 2007, would be her “Thank you for not choosing abortion!”
hearts break over these stories that reveal seemingly rampant last day, and abortion her final act.
sexual sin, an alarming depth of selfishness, and an amazing lack While the highest rate of abortion be-
of conscience among people who should know better. longs to women with a non-Christian re- Sources: Eileen Smith’s testimony (http://40daysforlife.
com/blog/?p=65); “Characteristics of Women Obtain-
What’s going on? Or maybe we should ask, what’s not going ligious affiliation or no affiliation at all, 13 ing Abortions” (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/
on? Are people in churches being taught that although abortion percent of those aborting identify them- 3422602.pdf); Resources: “Identifying High Risk Abor-
tion Patients” (http://www.afterabortion.info/highrisk.html;
is controversial and “political,” it’s primarily a matter of the heart selves as “born-again” or evangelical. “How Can We Prevent Abortion?” (http://www.bfl.org > Is-
requiring repentance and forgiveness? Do they know the suffer- Mystified by this statistic and by sues & Answers > Abortion > Preventing Abortion); “Will
ing it causes? Do they appreciate the sanctity of marriage and of her daughter’s actions, Laura’s mother God Forgive Me If I Have an Abortion?” (http://www.bfl.org
> Crisis Pregnancy? > Will God Forgive?)
human life? Do they understand what sexual sin is? Do they know Eileen admits she’d “always been pro-