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- What does God say about it?
- What you can do?
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- We must stand up for God’s principles, especially the sanctity of life.
- We must speak against the destruction of the image of God, the temple of
the Holy Spirit occurring with the destruction of innocent human life.
- We must be watchman, our brother’s keepers—not just for the unborn but
for the other victims of abortion that need healing—especially mothers
of aborted children.
- We must expose deception. Most prochoice advocates don’t know what
they’re supporting.
- We must restore the US Constitution as the basis for governing our
nation.
- There are consequences of abortion; our nation is being judged.
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- Psalms 139:13,14
- For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will
give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful
are Your works...
- Psalms 127:3-5
- Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is
His reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children
of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them…
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- Jeremiah 1:5
- Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth
out of the womb I consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to the
nations.
- Isaiah 49:15,16
- Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not
forget you. Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My hands…
- John 3:16
- For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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- “It’s the law….Get over it!”
- The truth is kept from people.
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- The US Constitution does not contain a right to privacy.
- Roe v Wade became federal law in 1973, based on right to privacy.
- It was made law by an unconstitutional process.
- The unconstitutional process becomes precedent.
- Once it’s the law, and precedent is made, it is easier to accept and to
support legally.
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- Clever use of language
- Avoid images of the unborn, especially those aborted
- Lie about abortion prior to Roe v Wade, risk of pregnancy
- Use of emotional appeal of hard cases (<3% for rape, incest, life of
mother)
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- Lovely sounding clichés disguise the reality of abortion—prochoice,
reproductive liberty, right to privacy, my body-my choice, Every child a
wanted child
- Vilify the opposition—call Prolifers anti-choice, anti-abortion
- Dehumanize the unborn—called product of conception, blob of tissue,
fertilized egg, blood clot, venereal disease, fetal material embryo,
fetus, but never the “B” word (baby)
- Change the meaning of “person”
- Describe abortion as “scraping the lining of the uterus” or “terminating
the pregnancy.”
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- 1974 the US congress voted UNANIMOUSLY to delay capital punishment of a
pregnant woman until after delivery.
- 2000 the US House of Representatives UNANIMOUSLY passed a bill making it
illegal to executive a pregnant woman.
- There are laws in most states that there are two counts of murder when a
pregnant woman is murdered.
- It is illegal to kill a child once it is born prematurely, yet legal and
culturally acceptable to kill a child of the same gestation if they
remain in the womb.
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- large penalty for destroying eagle’s egg; legal to kill unborn humans
- Most anti-war protestors support the right to kill unborn children.
- There are laws to send drug abusing pregnant mothers to jail to protect
their unborn child.
- There are laws requiring that aborted babies be disposed in a humane
fashion.
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- Abortion clinic workers don’t want to see the body parts—there is a
great difference between intellectual support of the right to choose and
the reality of participation in abortion.
- Prochoice folks object to being called pro-abortion. Could it be
they sense there is something wrong with abortion?
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- Many women testify that it is much easier to scrape a baby from a
mother’s uterus than to scrape him from her mind.
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- He does not treat us as our sins deserve, or repay us according to our
iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is
his love for those who fear Him Psalms 103
- He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and
renounces them finds mercy Proverbs 28
- Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may
be healed James 5:16
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness 1John 1:9
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- age, stage of development, viability, size
- degree of skill, intelligence, education
- self-awareness, ability to relate to others
- ability to meaningfully contribute to society, to have a meaningful life
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- MEANINGFUL TO WHOM?
- WANTED BY WHOM?
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- We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their creator by certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
- Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
- The basis for an individual’s human rights should be their membership in
the human race.
- The right to live, the right to not be cut to pieces, is a basic right
of every person—no less for a child born or unborn than for an adult.
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- Roe v Wade removed legal protection from an entire class of human
beings--the unborn.
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- Brings abortion tragedy to the people
- Supports prolife legislation
- Stepping stone to overturn Roe v Wade
- Allows high powered legal council to take it to the US Supreme Court
- Encourages other states to follow suit
- Affirms that Montana is a pro-life state that recognizes the dignity and
value of human life
- Sends this message to our legislators
- Pricks the collective conscience by dramatizing injustice. Social reform
has always been achieved this way
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- The root of legalization of abortion is the denial of personhood.
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- In the Roe v. Wade decision, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun wrote
that, “(If the) suggestion of personhood [of the pre-born}] is
established, the [abortion rights] case, of the course, collapses, for
the fetus’ right to life is then guaranteed specifically by the [14th]
Amendment.”
- Thus, the personhood of the pre-born child is the single point of which
the entire debate turns.
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- US Constitution:
- limits the power of the federal government over the states
- grants balance among the executive, judicial and legislative branches.
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- Prayer, fasting, crisis pregnancy centers, peaceful protests, sidewalk
counseling save lives.
- Thousands of unborn children are still destroyed each day by abortion.
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- Slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. stated
- “Morality can’t be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial
decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.”
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- federal human life amendment,
parental notification, provisions for fetal pain alleviation,
regulation of abortion clinics
- voting for prolife candidates
- THEY FAIL BECAUSE THEY DON’T ADDRESS PERSONHOOD
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- Personhood Amendments do not outlaw abortion but…
- They are a legal stepping stone
- They are a direct challenge to the central holding of Roe v Wade.
- They challenge judicial and federal supremacy.
- There are no reasonable arguments against it.
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- It will amend Montana Constitution’s Declaration of Rights, extending
the right to life to all persons, beginning at conception or
fertilization.
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- One signature can do a lot of damage.
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- Your signing the petition for a personhood amendment does nothing more
than give your support for it being on the ballot in the November
election. If enough signatures are received, Montanan’s in November will
have a choice to vote for or against a personhood amendment .
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- The Personhood Amendment Threatens Women's Health.
- The Personhood Amendment interferes in private medical decisions.
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- A constitutional initiative amends the constitution.
- It does NOTHING to threaten women’s health.
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- The Personhood Amendment will:
- Bring investigations of stillbirths, miscarriages, underweight babies.
- Outlaw contraceptives.
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- For miscarriages etc. to be investigated, contraceptives to be outlawed,
laws to bring this about would have to be enacted.
- These things were not done prior to Roe v Wade, why would they be done
now?
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- The Personhood Amendment will restrict birth control.
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- It is possible to purposefully deceive without telling a lie. Could
a Personhood Amendment be referred to in order to restrict birth
control? Yes. Is that likely? No. The Montana legislature would
have to pass legislation to restrict birth control. Given their
difficulty passing anything controversial, this is highly unlikely.
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- It would make it illegal to access safe and legal abortions, no
exceptions.
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- Again, a constitutional initiative is not a bill or law so it cannot
make anything illegal. It states nothing about abortion.
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- Personhood amendments are a flawed and misleading attempt to drastically
change our constitution.
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- The Personhood Amendment adds a line or two to our constitution. The
language is so simple it cannot be misunderstood, misleading or flawed.
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- It allows government intrusion in our personal lives.
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- This is a constitutional initiative, not a bill or a law. Therefore, it
cannot possibly threaten anyone’s health or allow government intrusion.
Its true effect is difficult to predict because it will have no effect
until/unless legislation is passed that utilizes it.
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- “And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have
removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people
that these liberties are the gift of God?”
Thomas Jefferson (Engraved on Jefferson Memorial)
- “We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven
can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of
order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.”
George Washington’s inaugural address 1789
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- “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate to government of any other.”
John Adam 1798
- But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and
the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from
among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I
require at the watchman's hand.
Ezekiel 33:6
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- Deliver those being taken to death, and those stumbling to be killed,
unless you hold back. If you say, Behold, we did not know; does not He
who searches the heart consider it? And the Keeper of your soul, does He
know? And He repays to a man according to his works.
- Proverbs 24:11,12
- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I
hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- II Chronicles 7:14
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- “In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain, when we were
sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine
protection—Our prayers, Sir, were heard and they were graciously
answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have
observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our
favor.”
- Benjamin Franklin, Constitutional Convention 1787
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- Abortion is the ultimate human rights issue
- Each human is created for special purpose
- Abortion destroys
- an image of God
- Human life is sacred
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Notes
