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.
A judge has blocked a Kansas abortion law that was due to take effect on July 1.
The law bans a late-term abortion process called “dismemberment abortion.”
A country judge blocked the law until he can conduct a full review.
The ban would have impacted up to 9 percent of the abortions in the state as most abortions take place in the first trimester.
Pro-abortion activists hailed the judge’s decision.
“This is so important for the women of Kansas, since this ban would have required woman to go for a more complex procedure with greater risk,” Genevieve Scott, a staff attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights, said. “We are excited the judge recognized the likelihood of success that this violates the right to abortion. We think [the injunction] shows that the judge is abiding by Supreme Court precedent that a ban on D&E is unconstitutional.”
The state’s lawyers are defending the law.
“The Act does not preclude access to safe and effective abortions,” the state’s lawyers wrote in a recent court filing. “Instead, it simply declares one particularly gruesome and medically unnecessary method of abortion to be beyond society’s tolerance level.”
“I think that ultimately, we’re going to be successful,” Jessie Basgall, attorney for Kansans for Life, said after the ruling. “This is just whether or not the law is going to stand while we actually litigate the merits of this law. I believe we’re on solid ground.”
