Not only is it not right for abortions to occur in the first place, but it is certainly not right for the American taxpayer to foot the bill for the murder of an unborn child. Recently, Planned Parenthood has declared that it needs more money - particularly tax payer money to fund their agenda of abortion on demand. Already, Planned Parenthood has gained more than $900 million from the abortion on demand industry. How much more can they need?

Not only is Planned Parenthood all for state funded abortion procedures, but the ACLU is pushing for the very same thing. Now states are really getting into the abortion industry because of these advocacy groups who push their global agenda on others. A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania city council now promotes itself as being for women's rights by being pro-abortion.

The state of Maine is now being threatened by the Maine Civil Liberties Union (MCLU). Maine, by law, does not sponsor, or fund abortions and thus, the lawsuit. MCLU has threatened to sue Maine because it not offer state funded abortions to poor women. I am not sure who exactly makes up the Maine State Legislature, but they sure don't have the guts to stand to bullies like the MCLU and others. If they wanted to, Maine legislators could have MCLU arrested, dismantled, and their money seized for interfering in governmental affairs and defrauding the public with distortions meant to win political gains for the MCLU. This lawsuit is nothing more than a bold attempt to gain power and control of the American taxpayer by illegal and fraudulent means, and legislators everywhere should stand up to these bullies and let it be know that tax payers do not fund abortions - not now - not ever!

The World Health Organization sounds like a committed action group that would endure positive results, but the direct opposite if true. The W.H.O. actually helps promote global abortion on demand and so does the UN. The World Health Organization recently met in May and opened by talking about AIDs in Africa which is a legitimate concern. AIDs anywhere is a legitimate concern, but the World Health Organization often overlooks the affects AIDs has in the homosexual community. The answer to this problem by the W.H.O. is to provide sex education and condoms. My friend, this will not only not solve the problem but will actually further the problem. The answer lies in telling the truth as in abstinence education, the gospel message, and by providing solid truthful education about sexual diseases and what causes them. Providing condoms does not solve a disease problem, but advances the problem to a full scale meltdown of morality and social dysfunction.

Earlier I mentioned the fact that the ACLU is making the case for state funded, or tax payer funded, abortions. Indeed the ACLU is arguing that Medicaid should pay for abortions when the mother's health, not life, is in jeopardy. In Kansas, Dr. George "The Baby Killer" Tiller has repeatedly used depression in the woman as an excuse to perform an abortion. Fir this very reason, states are not allowing health exceptions when limiting abortion procedures.Medicaid is already overwhelmed by legitimate concerns and if abortions were added to the list, taxes would have to be raised even more to pay for the costs. That's something we need less of, not more of. Medicaid or an other tax payer funded health association should never pay for morally wrong procedures such as abortion. It is not right for tax payers to pay for atrocities like abortion on demand.

At least some states are considering more strict regulations on the abortion industry if not completely banning the procedure altogether. My own home state of Mississippi is actually the hardest state in the union to obtain an abortion and while it remains so, more regulations are to come. A bill has already been passed that essentially says that if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned, abortion would automatically become illegal in Mississippi. We only have one clinic in the state and many are working on a way to shut it down. All it would take would be one botched abortion, one failed clinic health inspection, one complaint, to shut it down, and once it is shut down, it would be very hard to convince Mississippi legislators to let the abortion clinic back into the state.

Educating the public about abortion alternatives also gives rise to less abortions occurring and more women - particularly young women, knowing the truth about consequences after the abortion. Recently West Virginia abortions have declined 14 % after a Right To Know law was passed. The law basically educates women on the alternatives of abortion such as adoption but also provides information on the dangers and risks of the abortion procedure itself as well as the after effects such as depression, etc.

After discussing the public political and social aspects of abortion, we can also look at the religious aspects of the issue. Pro-choice advocates simply do not see abortion in the same manner that Christians see the issue. For Christians, the issue is simply a decision between life and death. Christians refer to the "fearfully and wonderfully made" verse in Psalms 139:13-16. Not only this but the Bible teaches, in Genesis, that man was created in God's image. Creation, not evolution, is the key to this, and numerous other issues. We know that the Bible teaches that God created the universe and all that is in it by speaking it into existence and that mankind has a soul, is accountable to God for his/her actions, and is responsible for taking care of this world that He created. Once particular verse come to mind when I think about the abortion issue. I used it in chapter two of my own book, Issues That Matter:America's Moral Battleground. It reads: The word of the Lord came unto me saying " Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." (Jeremiah 1:4)

You see God has a plan for every conceived soul and if that conceived soul is destroyed by fellow man through abortion, then God's plan is interrupted. God never planned for abortion to exist, but because of man's sin it came to be as it still remains today. One thing is for sure though, Pro-choice advocates can continue to preach about women's rights and the availability of abortion on demand, but one day when Jesus Christ comes back, this issue will be resolved, abortion will be destroyed, and justice restored to the point as it was before the fall of man at the beginning of creation.

REFERENCES:

Abortion statistics

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortionstats.html

Planned Parenthood brings in $900 million thanks to abortion industry

http://www.lifenews.com/nat3174.html

House votes to gut policy preventing abortion funding

http://www.lifenews.com/nat3176.html

Dr. Tiller uses depression in women as excuse to perform abortions

http://www.theconservativeright.com/2006/11/17/abortionist-killing-viable-babies-for-profit/

Philadelphia city council adopts pro-abortion position

http://www.lifenews.com/state2329.html

Selling Abortion
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/graham/070524

ACLU pushing for state funded abortions
http://constitutionallyright.com/2007/06/05/aclu-pushing-for-state-funded-abortions/

Supreme Fraud: Unmasking Roe V. Wade
http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=1820

Ending Abortion
http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=2018

Maine legislature must fund abortion or face litigation
http://www.cclmaine.org/artman/publish/State_House_4/MCLU_Abortion.shtml

The forced abortion act
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55483

World Health Organization promotes pro-abortion advocacy
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/may/07052404.html

West Virginia abortions fall 14 % after Right to Know law passed
http://www.lifenews.com/state2304.html

Goal of Mississippi amendment: Overturn Roe V. Wade
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/05/goal_of_mississippi_amendment_.php

Issues That Matter: America's Moral Battleground by Rob Hood

http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-35667-2

ABOUT ROB HOOD

Rob Hood grew up in rural Mississippi and was rooted in the doctrine of the Southern Baptist Convention and its teachings of Biblical right and wrong, accountability to a higher authority, and the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was a participant in Bible Drill for nine years, a Southern Baptist Convention program devoted to educating children and youth with scriptures from the Bible for use in everyday life situations. He graduated from Holmes Community College in Grenada, Mississippi with an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Electronics Technology and is currently employed as an Electronics Technician with HAM radio equipment manufacturer. He is also a Federal Communications Commission licensed Technician Class HAM radio operator and lives in North Mississippi.

Mr. Hood is also the author of Issues That Matter: America’s Moral Battleground and a columnist for five of the news/commentary sites of the Move Off Network at www.moveoff.net and also runs his own site and his own blog. You can check out Rob Hood’s blog at http://robhood.us (click on blog). Check out his regular site at www.standfortruthonline.com .