Matthew 19:18 ESV “And Jesus said, “You shall not murder…”
Editor’s Note: Throughout the scriptures, God has made it clear that shedding innocent blood is murder, and no murderer will enter heaven. In addition to the death of the unborn baby, abortion also substantially harms the women and many times, families, husbands, boyfriends and a whole sphere of relationships connected to and surrounding each abortion. Often, lifelong guilt and other social, relational, spiritual and even physical problems follow the murder of innocent babes in the womb. Pastor Jim Bakker believes that this issue, abortion, may be the single most significant issue that brings God’s judgment on this nation more than any other.
The rates of teen pregnancy and abortion have declined dramatically in the United States.
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that in 2010, the number of teen pregnancies totaled 614,000, a 51% decline from the 1990 peak. It’s also a 15% decline over the last two years.
The teen abortion rate has declined 66% from its peak in 1988, from 43.5 abortions per 1,000 to 14.7 per 1,000.
“The decline in the teen pregnancy rate is great news,” says lead author Kathryn Kost. “Other reports had already demonstrated sustained declines in births among teens in the past few years; but now we know that this is due to the fact that fewer teens are becoming pregnant in the first place.”
The report also showed that the decline was across all racial and economic groups. However, the rates for black and Hispanic teens were double the rates for all other racial demographics.
