Killing the Innocent

KILLING THE INNOCENT

By Gloria Duncan

Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, in speaking of the terrorists in the
bombings in Boston stated, “These people target others who have done nothing
wrong. All they proved  was that they can kill innocent people”. .When we
think of the holocaust we remember the horrible loss of over 6 million human
beings. A scientific justification that dehumanized these people led to the
killings. Today other innocent people are being killed, not by bombs or in
concentration camps, but by abortion—over 50 million unborn babies since
1973. Today “scientific” arguments that claim the unborn baby is merely
subhuman tissue is used to justify abortion. Like toddler and adolescent,
the terms embryo and fetus do not refer to nonhumans but to humans at
various stages of development. The comparison of babies’ rights and mothers’
rights is unequal. What is at stake in abortion is the mother’s lifestyle as
opposed to the baby’s life. The Bible does, in fact, prohibit the killing of
innocent people (Exodus 20:13) and considers the unborn to be human beings
worthy of protection (21-25). Children are a blessing and a gift from the
Lord (Psalm 127:3-5). May we do all we can to provide this protection.