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 Texas House of Representatives passed strict abortion restrictions including a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The bill passed 98-49 but will need a second, final vote from the house before it can head to the State Senate. The bill is the same one that the House had sent to the Senate during a previous special session but was killed by a Democratic Senator’s filibuster and protesters who disrupted the Senate’s session and ability to vote on the bill.
Pro-abortion Planned Parenthood has been calling for protests against the bill because they claim holding abortion clinics to the same standards as other surgical clinics in the state is unfair. They claim that all but six abortion clinics in the state would have to shut down if held to health care standards.
The bill’s author said that no clinic would be forced to close because all could make the changes to bring their clinics up to Texas state code.
Pro-abortion legislator Senfronia Thompson held up a coat hanger during the debate claiming the bill would force women to unsafe abortion methods.
The bill is the latest to pass in the last week. Ohio passed a bill stripping funding from Planned Parenthood and put new requirements on abortion providers. Wisconsin passed a law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound and put new requirements on doctors. Abortion enthusiasts have already convinced a federal judge to block parts of the Wisconsin law.
