When America legalized the sin of abortion, much of the sordid fallout is only now becoming visible. Statistically, the website, www.numberofabortions.com, lists over 56 million children murdered since the U.S. Supreme Court found room in the constitution for this holocaust. That’s just in the U.S. The worldwide number since 1980 tops 1,296,352,390 and counting at about one every second. (Yes, that's a billion!)
The trial of
abortionist Kermit Gosnell in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago exposed the
sordid details of this bloody business. After years of complaints to
state authorities who did nothing, federal officials finally raided
Gosnell’s abortion mill and found a “house of horrors!” Shelves of jars
contained baby parts and whole fetuses. Some showed signs of having
their spinal cords snipped at the neck, indicating that they were born
alive and had to be killed. Operating tables and patient charts
contained dried blood.
But the testimony
of Gosnell’s employees exposed the gruesome details of the day-to-day
operation.
Patients were sometimes overmedicated by unqualified staff.
Workers were directed to insert scissors into the neck and snip the
spinal cords if the baby showed signs of life. Sometimes the procedures
caused a miscarriage into the toilet and one worker described seeing a
baby trying to swim before it was held under the water to drown.
At first, the
trial was largely ignored by the liberal media, but as the horror
continued to unfold, pro-life voices began to demand exposure. At one
point someone counted the Gosnell articles at less than 500 and the
coverage of a famous sports figure, who “came out” as a homosexual at
the same time frame at over 2,000.
One of the most
disturbing revelations was the failure to report child rape. A teenager
would be brought in by an adult who got her pregnant and no report
would be made to the police. These statutory rapes were routinely
covered up.
“The Gosnell case
is a watershed moment for the issue of abortion,” said Troy Newman,
President of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation. “The discovery of
his horrific practices helped shed light on an abortion industry that
has run amok without oversight or accountability for decades.”
As a result of this
case, many of the abortion mills across the country are getting a
closer scrutiny.
Operators of a similar one in Texas are heading for
trial and several have been closed down by state authorities.
In 2000, the Lord
put it into Jack Chick’s heart to speak to this horror. The result was a
tract that carries some of Jesus’ anger at this shedding of innocent
blood. It shows how our modern abortion fits into Satan’s strategy of
killing babies throughout history. The demons behind pagan idols
demanded child sacrifices. Is there any difference when we kill babies
that threaten to interrupt our worship of the idols of convenience and
pleasure?
The tract, Who Murdered Clarice?,
shows that a whole crowd of people are guilty in this sinful business:
“...parents, relatives, doctors, nurses, senators, congressmen,
lobbyists, supreme court justices and finally the presidents...” stand
guilty before Jesus in judgment.
As usual, Who Murdered Clarice?, ends
in a message of forgiveness to anyone who is willing to repent of
having been involved in an abortion or in the abortion business.
With the increased awareness of the consequences of promoting this sin, it is time for soul winners to pass along this message of hope of forgiveness through repentance and seeking His mercy.
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