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Christ and the Unborn · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Amen. Feel free to grab a seat.
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I'll ask that you take out your copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you this day.
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Our exposition of the book of Romans, we're going to pick back up here in a couple of weeks in chapter 9.
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And we have been working together through a sermon series called Christ in Culture.
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We've been talking about how it is as Christians, now as the body of Christ,
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we should be engaging culture for the sake of the gospel.
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In fact, seeking to change culture with the gospel.
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Our theme verse for the series has been 1 Corinthians, the second part of verse 22 of chapter 9 and verse 23,
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where Paul says,
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I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
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I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
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And so Paul was arranging his life in such a way that people would come to know Christ,
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that he might have joy in that process, in joining God in what it is that he's doing in the world.
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This morning's topic is Christ and the unborn.
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And I have to tell you, this has been an incredibly difficult two weeks for me as I've studied abortion itself.
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I have been so mad, I've been trembling at times.
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I've had to put down the research I was doing and walk away from it.
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I have cried.
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I have been confronted by my own apathy.
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I didn't learn anything new over the past couple of weeks.
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But as I prayed that God would allow the truth of abortion to run down in me and what he has to say about it,
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that I might share that with you.
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It's been troubling to me.
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I'm very thankful that I got a last-minute call to officiate John and Mallory's wedding yesterday
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and had a little joyful experience in the middle of all of that,
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that I might have my spirits lifted a bit.
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So let's begin this morning.
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Let me read this text.
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We'll pray together and I'll show you what I've been learning on the topic.
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Proverbs 24, verses 10 through 12.
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If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
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Rescue those who are being taken away to death.
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Hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
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If you say, behold, we did not know this, does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
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Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?
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And will he not repay man according to his work?
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Let's pray together.
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Father God, I ask by your spirit that you will save us from ourselves this morning.
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That you will help us to think rightly about the issue of abortion.
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And that you will show us how it is we should engage culture for the sake of the gospel
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and for the souls of those who are lost.
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Please, Father, use me to speak powerfully from your word this day.
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And I pray this in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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So the text, and I'm not going to spend a lot of time in it.
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The issue to speak against abortion, to be pro-life is certainly something that the Bible speaks to,
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but it does so very plainly and very briefly.
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It's not a really very difficult biblical argument to make.
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The sixth commandment is, thou shalt not murder.
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And it's really that simple.
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But I've kind of arrived at Proverbs to see, help us to see,
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what is said of Christians who shrink back from the challenge of our culture.
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A culture that is very pro-choice, which I won't use that term much more.
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I'll use the term pro-abortion.
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Pro-choice is a term used to distract us from what's really happening.
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We could use the term pro-murder, really, in its case.
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But you see in verse 11 of Proverbs 24,
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we're instructed to rescue those who are being taken away to death.
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Hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
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And the writer here is not referring to unborn children being murdered.
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That's not what he's talking about.
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He's talking about people who are living in sin and their ultimate resting place,
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the place they will go, and I shouldn't even use the term resting,
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is death and slaughter, eternal judgment.
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That there's a judgment coming on them one day.
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And we have, in our culture, a mass that's moving in that direction
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because they bought this cultural lie that it's okay to murder unborn children.
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We live in a day of adversity, verse 10.
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And if we don't become a louder voice,
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I think it'll be said of us that our strength is small.
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And you'll see in verse 12, we can't say,
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we didn't know.
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We didn't know it was an issue.
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Because here it says that God knows what's in your heart.
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He knows you know.
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And that he'll repay man according to his work.
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And so I desperately want us to get this right.
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And I want to show you today how aborting unborn children
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is not just bad for unborn children,
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but it's bad for all of society.
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I want you to see that today.
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And if we love people, if we love the world,
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if we want to see culture transformed by the renewing power of the gospel,
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we must see this together and we must act together.
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This is an issue that touches everyone's lives.
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43% of women of childbearing age have had or will have an abortion in America.
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I'm only talking about America this morning.
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43% of women in childbearing age,
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which is said to be 15 to 55.
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I think that's a little extreme.
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But 43% of women.
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43% of those women who have abortions identify themselves as Protestant.
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27% as Catholic.
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And 18% as evangelical or born-again Christians.
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This is a topic very close to home.
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If you'll allow me, 18% of these women are members of Bible-believing churches.
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If you'll allow me that phrase today.
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Which means each year,
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about a quarter of a million unborn children
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are murdered by those who say they're born-again Christians.
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This is not a topic far from who we are.
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I hope everybody today already agrees with my stance.
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If not, I pray that it'll change.
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If you have more questions,
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there's no way for me to exhaustively cover this topic today.
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Please, please come talk to me.
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So firstly,
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aborting unborn children is bad,
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is unhealthy for unborn children.
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In our culture,
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this issue has not really become a debate of morality.
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Our culture at large,
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save some psychopaths and sociopaths,
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our culture at large would say that murder is in fact wrong.
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It's become a question of when is a life a life?
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When is a child a child?
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And then therefore,
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when is murder murder?
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I recently read an article
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by two bioethicists
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whose names I'm just not even going to try to say for you.
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They argued in the Journal of Medical Ethics
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that afterbirth abortion
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should be legal in all cases where abortion is legal.
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Did you catch that?
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So currently,
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it is legal to abort a child
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who's tested for Down syndrome
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and found to be positive for that.
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It's legal to do so, to abort them.
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Their argument is
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it should also be legal
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to abort them
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after they're born.
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And sadly,
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it's not a reductio ad absurdum
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intended to show how illogical abortion is.
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It's a philosophical argument
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for infanticide.
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And they're not the only people making this argument.
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Have you heard recently of the court case
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where the couple was awarded $3 million
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because they had a Down syndrome daughter
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and they were told by a test
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that she didn't have Down syndrome?
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Four years old,
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this little girl is,
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when this court case is decided.
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And this family is awarded $3 million
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because they said
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we would have aborted her
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had we known
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that she had Down syndrome.
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That
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is the society we live in.
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That's the debate
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that's going on.
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Let me ask you this question.
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When did your life
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begin?
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At what point would you say
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you were who you are
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today?
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David writes in Psalm 139, 13 and 14,
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speaking to God,
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for you formed my inward parts.
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You knitted me together
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in my mother's womb.
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I praise you
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for I am fearfully
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and wonderfully made.
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Wonderful are your works.
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My soul knows it
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very well.
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David knew
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when his life began.
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It began
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at conception.
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Do you know
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that the person you are today,
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the shape that you are,
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your mental capacity,
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all of that
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was given to you
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in your genetic code?
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When your mother's egg
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joined with your father's sperm,
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everything needed
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to form you
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was present
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at that time.
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Before that joining,
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you were not you.
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After that joining,
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you were you.
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So,
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what is the difference
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between an unborn child
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and a newborn?
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What is the difference
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between a child
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in the womb
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and one who
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is outside
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of the womb?
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And I have found
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four arguments,
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four differences
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given,
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which make no sense
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to me.
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The first is
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size.
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But does how big
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you are
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determine how alive
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you are?
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Does that even
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logically make sense
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to anybody
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in the room?
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If that were the case,
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then Chris Stewart
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is more alive
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than me.
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And Eddie
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is more alive
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than Chris Stewart.
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Right?
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And my son,
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Cademan,
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who's two,
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is less alive
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than I am.
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It's absurd.
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How about level
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of development?
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Am I more alive
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than Cademan,
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my two-year-old,
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because I'm smarter
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and stronger,
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at least for now?
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Am I any more alive
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than he is
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as a result?
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Environment
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is the third.
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Does being
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in this room
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make any of us
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more alive
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than someone
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who is outside
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this room,
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those who are
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across the hall
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right now?
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Are they less alive
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because of their
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location?
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Certainly not.
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Or how about
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degree of dependency?
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Is a small-born child
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less alive
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than an unborn child?
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Is Judah,
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my five-and-a-half-month-old,
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less alive
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than Cademan
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because he's more
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dependent on his mother?
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Is someone
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with Alzheimer's disease
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who needs
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intensive care
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or someone
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who's mentally
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disabled
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less alive?
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How about me?
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I'm a type 1 diabetic.
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I require insulin
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from external sources.
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I'm dependent
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on my insulin pump.
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It's not a pager.
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It's an insulin pump
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to stay alive.
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Does that make me
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less alive?
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Have I digressed
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when I was diagnosed
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with diabetes?
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Certainly not.
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Any attempt
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to say
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that an unborn child
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is not alive,
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is less alive
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than any other
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human being
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is absolutely
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absurd.
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I began to do
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a ton of research
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this past two weeks
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over child development.
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I'll encourage you
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to do that.
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It's incredibly fascinating.
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But I want to talk about
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just one
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particular age.
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I want to talk about
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a 12-week-old
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unborn child.
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In the state of Georgia,
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first-term abortion
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is considered
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up to 12 weeks,
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six days old.
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I want to talk about
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a 12-week-unborn child.
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I have this really incredible
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that I've been
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carrying in my pocket.
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This is
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a
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life-size
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scaled sculpture
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of a 12-week-old
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unborn child.
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I'm going to pass this around.
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I want you guys
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to just pass it around
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and hold it in your hand.
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This is the approximate size
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based off of
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a miscarried child.
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A 12-week-old
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unborn child
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has
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eyes and ears,
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has fingernails
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and toenails.
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All of its major organs
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are intact.
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It begins producing
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white blood cells.
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The kidneys
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begin producing urine
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at that age.
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Little baby peas.
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The synapses
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in the brain
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are forming
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at 12 weeks old,
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which means
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that it's beginning
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to learn.
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Different reflexes
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begin,
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sucking motion,
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opening and closing eyes,
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grabbing and curling toes.
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A 12-week-old
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unborn child
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plays
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with its umbilical cord.
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Swallowing,
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kicking,
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flipping,
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and waving arms.
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All of that is happening
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at this age.
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I will give
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a
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brief warning
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at this point.
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I'm going to try
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to keep this PG.
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I'm going to explain
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a little bit
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of the abortive procedure
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and if you have any
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children in here
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you don't want to hear that.
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Now's your time
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to run out of the room.
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But I want to tell you
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a little bit
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about what happens
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to a child
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of this age
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in a surgical abortion.
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The procedure
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is called
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dilation
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and evacuation.
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It takes
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about five minutes
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and
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the woman,
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the mother,
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is dilated
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and a
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catheter
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attached to
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a suction machine
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is placed inside of her
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and that baby
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is sucked out
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of the inside of her.
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The amniotic fluid
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is pulled out
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and the baby
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comes out
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usually
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in pieces.
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That's this age.
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Not long after,
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up to
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24 weeks
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and 6 days
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here in the state
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of Georgia,
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that procedure
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begins to be
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a little more
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graphic
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and I just
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wanted to read
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to you,
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this is from
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the Atlanta
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Women's Medical Center
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and Abortion Clinic.
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This is the way
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they describe it.
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The surgical abortion
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after dilation
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is complete
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in a manner
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similar to
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but more extensive
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than
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the method
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described
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for first trimester
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abortions
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and glaze
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what's happening
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over.
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Let me tell you
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what's happening.
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The second trimester
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abortion,
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the woman is
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dilated.
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The same
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suction is used
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to pull out
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all the amniotic fluid
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at which point
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the baby suffocates
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and then
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the doctor
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sticks a long
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pair of forceps
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up inside the woman
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and blindly
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feels around
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until he grabs
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something,
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clamps down
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and he yanks it out
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so an arm
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comes out
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and then a leg
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comes out.
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His goal
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is to get
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everything out
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from inside
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the woman.
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Eventually the head
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has to come out
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but he has to
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crush it
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for it to come out
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and that's what
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he does.
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The whole procedure
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takes about 15 minutes
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and he pockets
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about $1,000.
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That is what's
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happening
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to the unborn
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children.
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It's atrocious.
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I'm trembling
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talking about it
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right now.
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Approximately
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1.3 million
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unborn children
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a year
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are murdered
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in America.
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There have been
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over 53 million
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unborn child murders
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since Roe v. Wade
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was passed
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in 1973.
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53 million.
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This is a genocide
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much larger
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than anything
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that happened
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during the Holocaust.
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You history buffs
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can tell me
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if I'm wrong
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but at the hands
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of Adolf Hitler
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I believe
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about 41 million
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people died.
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It's about
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30 million Russians
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6 million Jews
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and about
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5 million
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of the Allied
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troops
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were killed.
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41 million.
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This has surpassed
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even the casualties
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of that war
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and if we're
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going to be
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consistent in our
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logic as
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these bioethicists
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do
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we would justify
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the Holocaust
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and the
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atrocities of that
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war.
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We would say
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well
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these people
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were an inconvenience
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to Hitler
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and his plan.
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Hitler wanted
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to rule the world
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he didn't care
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for some of these
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people
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and therefore
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it was okay
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for him to choose
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to just dismiss
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them
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and dispose
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of them
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and move on
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and that is what
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we're doing
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with the unborn
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children.
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1.3 million
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a year
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that's about
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3,800
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abortions
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that are performed
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each day.
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3,800
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and in the hour
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and a half
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we will have met
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this morning
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237
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unborn children
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will have been
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murdered.
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237
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this room
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has in it
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I don't know
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I'm going to guess
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about 70 people
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so we're
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what is that
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a fifth
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of that number
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and if a man
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walked in the back
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of this room
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today
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and killed
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all of us
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it would be
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national news
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there would be
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outcry
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it happened
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recently
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did it
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in a movie theater
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12 people
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lost their lives
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and that's a tragedy
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I'm not
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making light
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of that
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it's a tragedy
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that those 12
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people died
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but in an hour
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and a half
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237 people
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are going to be
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murdered
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this morning
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and we're
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quiet
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secondly
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aborting
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unborn children
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is bad
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it's not healthy
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for women
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the pro-life
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argument
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has often
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been framed
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as an
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anti-woman
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argument
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I heard on
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conservative talk
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radio the other
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day that
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Romney
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is losing
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the woman
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vote
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because he's
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pro-life
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it's often
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framed that
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way
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but
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let me show
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you that
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pro-life
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is actually
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pro-woman
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it's pro-women's
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life
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as well
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the effects
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the physical
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effects
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and the
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psychological
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effects
19:59
that abortion
20:00
has on women
20:01
is rather
20:02
atrocious
20:02
and let me
20:03
just start
20:03
with the
20:03
physical
20:04
effects
20:04
Dr. Elizabeth
20:05
Shatigan
20:06
testified before
20:07
a senate
20:07
subcommittee
20:08
in 2004
20:08
this
20:09
start quote
20:11
abortion
20:12
increases rates
20:13
of breast
20:13
cancer
20:14
placenta
20:15
previa
20:15
preterm
20:16
births
20:17
and maternal
20:17
suicide
20:18
statistically
20:19
all types
20:20
of death
20:21
are higher
20:21
with women
20:22
who have
20:22
induced
20:23
abortions
20:24
end quote
20:25
ectopic
20:26
pregnancy
20:27
which is
20:28
when
20:28
the egg
20:29
and plants
20:30
in the
20:30
fallopian
20:30
tube
20:31
and not
20:31
in the
20:31
uterus
20:31
that is
20:33
something
20:34
I learned
20:34
this week
20:34
are responsible
20:36
for 12%
20:37
of all
20:38
pregnancy
20:38
related
20:39
maternal
20:39
deaths
20:40
and it's
20:41
increased
20:41
500%
20:43
since abortion
20:43
was legalized
20:44
Dr. Joel
20:46
Brind
20:47
said
20:48
the single
20:48
most
20:49
avoidable
20:49
risk
20:49
factor
20:50
for breast
20:50
cancer
20:51
is
20:51
induced
20:52
abortion
20:52
end quote
20:53
women
20:55
who have
20:55
abortions
20:55
have a
20:56
minimum
20:57
a minimum
20:58
50%
20:59
greater
20:59
chance
21:00
of having
21:01
breast
21:01
cancer
21:01
to as
21:02
much
21:03
as
21:03
a
21:04
300%
21:04
greater
21:05
chance
21:05
of having
21:06
breast
21:06
cancer
21:07
abortion
21:10
also
21:11
ends
21:12
in
21:12
death
21:13
for
21:13
women
21:14
on
21:15
July
21:15
20th
21:16
just
21:16
recently
21:16
national
21:17
news
21:18
a woman
21:19
named
21:19
Tanya
21:19
Reeves
21:20
went in
21:20
for a
21:21
second term
21:21
abortion
21:21
in
21:22
Chicago
21:22
and she
21:23
hemorrhaged
21:24
on the
21:24
table
21:24
it took
21:26
five
21:27
hours
21:28
for her
21:28
to bleed
21:29
out
21:29
and you
21:30
know what
21:30
the abortion
21:31
clinic did
21:31
kept her
21:32
there
21:32
so it
21:33
would have
21:33
looked real
21:33
bad to rush
21:34
her off
21:34
to the ER
21:35
wouldn't it
21:35
for this
21:36
procedure
21:38
this
21:38
thing
21:39
that's
21:40
touted
21:40
as
21:40
just
21:40
another
21:41
procedure
21:43
just
21:44
another
21:44
surgery
21:45
to be
21:46
done
21:46
psychological
21:48
effects
21:48
dozens
21:49
of studies
21:49
tie abortion
21:50
to a rise
21:50
in sexual
21:51
dysfunction
21:51
aversion
21:52
to sex
21:53
loss
21:53
of intimacy
21:54
unexpected
21:55
guilt
21:55
extramarital
21:56
affairs
21:56
traumatic
21:57
stress
21:58
syndrome
21:58
personality
21:59
fragmentation
22:00
grief
22:01
response
22:01
child abuse
22:02
and neglect
22:03
and an
22:03
increase
22:04
in alcohol
22:04
and drug
22:05
abuse
22:05
women
22:07
who have
22:08
abortions
22:08
are five
22:09
times
22:09
more likely
22:10
to abuse
22:11
drugs
22:11
there was
22:12
a study
22:13
done
22:13
of a group
22:14
of women
22:15
just eight
22:16
weeks after
22:16
abortion
22:16
and many
22:17
of these
22:17
things don't
22:18
show up
22:18
until much
22:19
much later
22:19
in a woman's
22:21
life
22:21
but just
22:22
eight weeks
22:22
after an
22:23
abortion
22:23
44%
22:25
of these
22:26
women
22:27
reported
22:27
nervous
22:28
disorders
22:29
36%
22:30
sleep
22:31
disorders
22:31
31%
22:33
deep
22:34
regret
22:34
about
22:34
their
22:34
decision
22:35
and
22:35
11%
22:36
had
22:37
already
22:37
been
22:37
prescribed
22:38
psychotropic
22:39
medication
22:39
just eight
22:40
weeks
22:41
after their
22:42
abortion
22:42
the group
22:44
women
22:44
exploited
22:44
by
22:44
abortion
22:45
has
22:46
chapters
22:46
all across
22:47
the United
22:47
States
22:47
for women
22:48
who decide
22:49
they'd like
22:49
to reach
22:49
out
22:50
and receive
22:51
support
22:51
for the
22:53
trauma
22:53
they've
22:53
experienced
22:54
in abortion
22:54
has
22:55
30,000
22:55
members
22:56
in the
22:56
US
22:57
psychological
22:59
effects
22:59
are also
23:00
so deep
23:01
and if
23:03
abortion
23:03
is just
23:03
another
23:04
surgical
23:05
procedure
23:05
why is it
23:06
that we
23:06
don't see
23:07
support groups
23:09
for people
23:09
who have
23:09
had their
23:10
wisdom teeth
23:11
taken out
23:12
or
23:12
an appendectomy
23:14
!
23:15
We don't see
23:15
support groups
23:15
for people
23:16
like that
23:16
because there
23:17
is no
23:18
psychological
23:18
damage done
23:19
for such
23:20
a simple
23:21
surgical
23:21
procedure
23:22
abortion
23:23
is so
23:24
much
23:25
more
23:25
so
23:25
the pro-life
23:26
movement
23:27
those of us
23:27
who hold
23:28
to that
23:28
is also
23:29
pro-women
23:30
I care
23:32
about
23:32
women
23:33
care deeply
23:34
about their
23:34
health
23:34
and their
23:35
psychology
23:36
I want
23:36
to see
23:37
culture
23:38
reformed
23:39
and I want
23:39
to see
23:39
women
23:40
healthy
23:40
thirdly
23:43
aborting
23:44
unborn
23:44
children
23:45
is bad
23:46
for men
23:46
men
23:48
also report
23:49
some of
23:49
the same
23:49
psychological
23:50
effects
23:51
however
23:53
many men
23:54
are not
23:55
involved
23:55
at all
23:56
in the
23:56
decision
23:57
80%
23:58
of women
23:59
who obtain
23:59
abortions
24:00
are single
24:00
and have
24:01
no support
24:02
from the
24:03
father
24:03
80%
24:04
this epidemic
24:06
has allowed
24:07
men
24:07
and I use
24:08
that term
24:08
very loosely
24:09
really I should
24:10
say boys
24:11
playing at
24:12
men games
24:13
to ignore
24:14
their responsibilities
24:15
is that it has
24:17
permitted them to
24:17
do as they
24:17
please without
24:18
any regard
24:19
to the
24:20
consequence
24:20
this week
24:22
I was
24:22
I was watching
24:23
Cade
24:23
and he
24:24
for quite
24:25
a while
24:25
has climbed
24:25
up onto
24:26
the back
24:26
of our
24:26
couch
24:27
and crawled
24:28
down the
24:28
length of
24:29
it
24:29
on Thursday
24:30
he decided
24:31
it would be
24:31
awesome to
24:32
stand up
24:32
on the back
24:33
of the
24:33
couch
24:33
and take
24:33
a header
24:34
off the
24:34
couch
24:35
and literally
24:36
he jumped
24:37
onto the
24:37
cushion
24:37
and then
24:38
onto his
24:38
head
24:38
on the
24:39
floor
24:40
boys don't
24:41
think about
24:41
consequences
24:42
do they
24:43
he just
24:44
did that
24:45
now
24:45
fortunately
24:46
he learned
24:47
the consequences
24:48
in this
24:49
case
24:49
these boys
24:51
the consequences
24:53
of their
24:54
action
24:54
is taken
24:56
out on
24:56
somebody else
24:57
not on
24:58
them
24:58
and legally
25:01
we permit
25:02
that to
25:02
happen
25:02
so aborting
25:03
unborn children
25:03
is also
25:04
bad for
25:06
men
25:06
it has
25:06
permitted
25:07
many men
25:08
to stay
25:10
boys
25:10
and lastly
25:13
aborting
25:14
unborn children
25:15
is bad
25:16
for the
25:17
church
25:18
I want you
25:18
to turn
25:19
with me
25:19
to Isaiah
25:19
chapter 1
25:20
I'll begin
25:32
reading
25:32
in verse
25:33
11
25:33
what to
25:36
me is
25:36
the multitude
25:36
of your
25:37
sacrifices
25:37
says the
25:38
Lord
25:38
I have
25:39
had enough
25:40
of burnt
25:40
offerings
25:41
of rams
25:41
and the
25:42
fat of
25:42
well-fed
25:43
beasts
25:43
I do
25:44
not delight
25:44
in the
25:45
blood of
25:45
bulls
25:45
or of
25:46
lambs
25:46
or of
25:47
goats
25:47
when you
25:48
come to
25:48
appear
25:48
before me
25:49
who has
25:49
required
25:50
of you
25:50
this
25:50
trampling
25:51
of my
25:51
courts
25:52
bring
25:52
no more
25:53
vain
25:53
offerings
25:54
incense
25:54
is an
25:55
abomination
25:55
to me
25:56
new moon
25:57
and sabbath
25:57
and the
25:58
calling of
25:58
convocations
25:59
I cannot
25:59
endure
26:00
iniquity
26:00
and solemn
26:01
assembly
26:02
your new
26:03
moons
26:03
and your
26:03
appointed
26:03
feasts
26:04
my soul
26:05
hates
26:05
they have
26:05
become a
26:06
burden
26:06
to me
26:06
and I
26:07
am weary
26:07
of bearing
26:08
them
26:08
when you
26:09
spread out
26:10
your hands
26:10
I will hide
26:10
my eyes
26:11
from you
26:11
even though
26:12
you make
26:12
many prayers
26:13
I will
26:13
not listen
26:14
your hands
26:15
are full
26:15
of blood
26:16
wash
26:17
yourselves
26:17
make
26:18
yourselves
26:18
clean
26:18
remove
26:19
the evil
26:20
of your
26:20
deeds
26:20
from before
26:21
my eyes
26:21
cease
26:22
to do
26:22
evil
26:22
learn
26:23
to do
26:23
good
26:24
seek
26:24
justice
26:25
correct
26:26
oppression
26:26
bring
26:27
justice
26:27
to the
26:28
fatherless
26:28
plead
26:29
the
26:30
widow's
26:30
cause
26:31
through the
26:33
prophet
26:33
Isaiah
26:34
God said
26:35
to his
26:35
people
26:35
you're going
26:37
through the
26:37
motions
26:37
of religion
26:38
doing
26:40
things that
26:40
he had
26:40
commanded
26:41
them to
26:41
do
26:41
making
26:41
sacrifice
26:42
he had
26:42
told them
26:43
to do
26:43
that
26:43
but they
26:44
were just
26:44
going
26:45
through the
26:46
motions
26:46
of doing
26:47
that
26:47
and how
26:49
many of
26:49
us
26:49
do the
26:50
same
26:50
come here
26:52
and sit
26:52
to go
26:53
through the
26:53
motion
26:54
of going
26:54
through
26:55
church
26:55
how many
26:55
people
26:56
this
26:56
morning
26:56
across
26:57
the
26:57
united
26:58
states
26:58
are
26:58
doing
26:59
just
27:00
that
27:01
and what's
27:02
the correction
27:03
he brings
27:04
to them
27:04
verse 17
27:05
learn to
27:06
do good
27:07
seek
27:07
justice
27:08
correct
27:09
oppression
27:10
he's saying
27:11
defend
27:11
the
27:12
defenseless
27:13
fight
27:14
for those
27:14
who
27:15
cannot
27:15
fight
27:16
for
27:17
themselves
27:17
in
27:19
surveys
27:20
26%
27:21
of
27:22
Americans
27:22
have
27:23
strong
27:24
pro-choice
27:25
opinions
27:26
that I
27:27
use the term
27:27
again
27:28
pro-abortion
27:29
opinions
27:30
29%
27:32
of those
27:33
survey
27:33
have strong
27:34
pro-life
27:35
opinions
27:36
which leaves
27:38
55%
27:39
of this
27:39
country
27:40
that
27:40
doesn't
27:41
really
27:41
know
27:41
where
27:42
they
27:42
stand
27:42
they
27:43
might
27:43
lean
27:44
one
27:44
direction
27:44
or the
27:45
other
27:46
the church
27:47
has a
27:47
responsibility
27:48
to work
27:49
it's not
27:50
hopeless
27:50
it's not
27:51
the 29%
27:53
of us
27:53
against
27:53
the 71%
27:55
it's the
27:56
29%
27:57
against
27:57
the 26%
27:58
and there's
27:58
so many
27:59
opinions
28:00
to be
28:01
swayed
28:02
we can
28:02
have
28:03
an impact
28:04
on this
28:05
issue
28:06
we must
28:08
stand up
28:09
for the
28:10
defenseless
28:10
we must
28:12
fight for
28:12
those
28:13
who cannot
28:14
fight for
28:14
themselves
28:14
and I
28:15
don't just
28:15
mean
28:16
unborn
28:16
children
28:16
I also
28:17
mean
28:18
the women
28:19
who are
28:20
being led
28:20
astray
28:21
the culture
28:23
this narrative
28:24
that speaks
28:25
so loud
28:25
as we
28:26
looked in
28:26
proverbs
28:27
all of
28:28
those
28:28
who are
28:29
being taken
28:30
away to
28:30
death
28:30
who are
28:31
stumbling
28:31
to the
28:32
slaughter
28:33
we must
28:34
become a
28:35
voice
28:35
of reason
28:36
to them
28:37
we also
28:39
must be
28:41
consistent
28:42
young ladies
28:45
this is
28:45
especially
28:46
for you
28:47
although none
28:48
of us
28:48
should ignore
28:49
this
28:50
there are
28:53
pills
28:54
that are
28:55
certainly
28:55
abortive
28:55
there are
28:56
after
28:56
morning after
28:58
pills
28:58
certainly
28:59
abortive
28:59
but birth
29:01
control methods
29:02
that most
29:03
women use
29:03
known as
29:04
the pill
29:04
can also
29:06
be
29:07
abortive
29:08
hear me
29:09
carefully
29:09
the pill
29:11
that most
29:11
women take
29:12
does three
29:13
things
29:14
number one
29:14
and primarily
29:15
it tricks a
29:16
woman's body
29:16
into believing
29:17
it's pregnant
29:17
so she won't
29:18
ovulate
29:18
there's no
29:19
egg to be
29:19
fertilized
29:20
no big deal
29:21
that's not
29:22
abortive
29:22
secondly
29:24
they thicken
29:26
the mucus
29:26
in the cervix
29:26
making it
29:27
more difficult
29:28
for sperm
29:28
to reach
29:28
any egg
29:29
that may
29:30
exist
29:30
that's the
29:31
second
29:32
method
29:32
but thirdly
29:34
they prevent
29:35
a fertilized
29:36
egg
29:36
an unborn
29:37
child
29:37
from implanting
29:39
and that's
29:41
abortive
29:41
now I
29:43
can't
29:44
I can't
29:44
draw a line
29:45
in the sand
29:45
about this
29:46
I'm not
29:46
even nearly
29:48
well read
29:48
enough
29:49
it's my
29:50
understanding
29:51
that all
29:52
of those
29:53
contraceptive
29:53
methods
29:54
known as
29:55
the pill
29:55
do this
29:57
they have
29:58
a primary
29:59
and a secondary
30:00
and a tertiary
30:01
methodology
30:02
Sam and I
30:04
used birth control
30:05
she used birth control
30:06
when we were first married
30:07
we won't anymore
30:08
because of what I've learned
30:09
I can't say that's
30:11
the thing you need to do
30:12
but you do
30:13
need to be informed
30:14
and you do
30:15
need to do your research
30:16
and you do need to
30:17
prayerfully consider
30:18
what you do
30:19
what you put in your body
30:20
and the effects
30:21
that it may have
30:23
please be aware
30:25
of that
30:26
so question
30:28
if allowing the murder
30:31
of 1.3 million
30:33
unborn children
30:35
this year
30:36
is so bad
30:36
for everyone
30:38
why do we
30:40
continue
30:40
to permit
30:41
this to happen
30:42
why do we just
30:44
go on with it
30:45
there are some
30:46
that say
30:46
that this is an issue
30:48
that's a distraction
30:49
from the gospel
30:49
these social
30:52
narratives
30:52
these things
30:53
that we try to
30:54
drop to do
30:55
is a distraction
30:55
from just simply
30:56
going out
30:57
and preaching
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the gospel
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but I would say
30:59
to you
30:59
in the closing
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record of the book
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of Matthew
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we see what's commonly
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called the great commission
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beginning in verse 16
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it reads
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now the eleven disciples
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went to Galilee
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to the mountain
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to which Jesus
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had directed them
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and when they saw him
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they worshipped him
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but some doubted
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and Jesus came to them
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and said
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all authority
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in heaven
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and on earth
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has been given
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to me
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go therefore
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and make disciples
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of all nations
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baptizing them
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in the name of the
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father and the son
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and the holy spirit
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teaching them
31:29
to observe
31:29
all that I have
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commanded you
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and behold
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I'm with you
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always
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to the end
31:34
of the age
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we're not
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just told
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to go and make
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converts
31:39
we're told to go
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and make
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disciples
31:42
those who follow
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after Jesus Christ
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and therefore
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we must
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teach his ways
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and we also must
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model his ways
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Jesus cared
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deeply
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about
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the oppressed
31:54
look at who
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he hung out with
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the lepers
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were put off
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in another area
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they were considered
32:02
less than human
32:03
culturally
32:04
they were considered
32:05
non-human
32:06
and Jesus went to them
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that's who we are
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to be
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as we make
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disciples
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it's very
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gospel
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motivated
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to care
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about
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women
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and men
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and unborn
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children
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we must
32:23
act
32:24
I don't know
32:26
yet exactly
32:26
how this church
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is going to act
32:28
but it will
32:29
if I have anything
32:30
to do with it
32:31
you're going to have
32:31
to run me off
32:31
or we're going to
32:32
do something
32:33
about this issue
32:34
in America
32:35
I don't know
32:37
what we can do
32:38
to impact it
32:39
on such a large
32:40
level
32:40
can we prevent
32:41
the abortion
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the murder
32:44
of 1.3 million
32:45
unborn children
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gosh I pray so
32:48
I don't think so
32:48
I don't think
32:49
that God's going
32:49
to use us
32:49
in that kind
32:50
of a way
32:51
but we can
32:52
do something
32:53
and if we'll
32:55
rise up together
32:56
as evangelical
32:57
Christians
32:58
and speak
32:58
against this
32:59
I believe
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a greater thing
33:02
can be done
33:03
so what can we
33:03
practically be doing
33:04
and we'll do
33:05
some things together
33:06
I promise
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understand the
33:09
politics
33:09
Roe v. Wade
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needs to be
33:11
repealed
33:12
certainly
33:12
that needs
33:13
to happen
33:13
but you know
33:14
that the
33:15
power to punish
33:16
crime
33:17
this is not
33:17
a federal
33:18
issue
33:18
certainly vote
33:20
for people
33:20
who are pro-life
33:22
don't vote
33:23
for anybody
33:23
who's pro-choice
33:24
vote for people
33:24
who are pro-life
33:25
but this isn't
33:25
even a federal
33:26
issue
33:26
you know
33:27
who punishes
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murderers
33:28
the state
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of Georgia
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the federal
33:30
government
33:31
doesn't do
33:31
that
33:31
that's not
33:32
a power
33:32
given to them
33:33
in the
33:33
constitution
33:34
we can affect
33:36
what happens
33:37
on the state
33:37
level
33:38
much more
33:38
readily
33:38
than we can
33:40
on the national
33:41
level
33:41
we need to
33:41
see Roe v. Wade
33:42
repealed
33:43
but then we
33:43
got to go
33:44
after our
33:45
state government
33:46
the people
33:47
want this
33:48
to happen
33:48
I believe
33:49
it can
33:49
I still
33:50
maybe foolishly
33:52
but I still
33:52
believe
33:52
in democracy
33:54
we need to
33:56
be involved
33:56
with our
33:57
local
33:57
efforts
33:58
the Dahlonega
33:59
Care Center
34:00
and the
34:00
Gainesville
34:00
Care Center
34:01
are phenomenal
34:01
resources
34:02
they do
34:03
lots
34:04
for women
34:05
with unborn
34:06
children
34:06
who are
34:07
considering
34:08
these types
34:08
of options
34:09
and we
34:10
will be
34:10
further
34:10
involved
34:11
with them
34:11
in the
34:12
future
34:12
we need
34:13
to be
34:13
alternatives
34:14
we've talked
34:15
to you
34:15
quite a bit
34:16
about our
34:16
church
34:16
we want
34:17
to foster
34:17
and adopt
34:18
children
34:18
beyond that
34:19
we want
34:20
to support
34:20
young mothers
34:21
single mothers
34:22
who decide
34:23
to keep
34:23
children
34:24
it's something
34:24
we call
34:25
the ABBA
34:25
initiative
34:25
and you'll
34:26
begin to hear
34:27
more and more
34:27
about that
34:28
but we also
34:29
need to be
34:29
offering some
34:30
alternative
34:31
to this
34:33
immoral
34:33
dilemma
34:34
I would
34:36
ask you
34:36
today
34:37
I kind
34:39
of hope
34:39
I haven't
34:40
blown your
34:40
mind
34:40
with any
34:41
new
34:41
information
34:42
I hope
34:42
that you've
34:42
been very
34:43
aware
34:43
of what's
34:44
going on
34:45
but I would
34:46
just ask
34:46
today
34:47
that you
34:48
have God
34:48
search your
34:49
heart
34:49
and expose
34:50
your apathy
34:51
he did
34:53
to me
34:53
this week
34:54
and I
34:55
pray that
34:55
he'll do
34:56
the same
34:56
for you
34:58
that we
34:58
might move
34:59
together
34:59
to see our
35:01
culture changed
35:02
with the
35:03
redemptive
35:03
gospel message
35:04
and we
35:06
can see
35:06
an end
35:07
put to
35:08
the murder
35:09
of unborn
35:09
children
35:09
let's pray
35:10
together
35:11
a
35:11
ending
35:11
a
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Thank you.