Charged.

This post is about controversial political issues. Just wanted to warn you.

Seeing as I have only 6 days until my world is radically different and I will no longer have what some like to call "discretionary time," I'm trying to take care of some things I've been meaning to get to for awhile but basically needed a deadline to make them happen. This post is one of those things.

Back in 2008, I composed a couple posts about the election, Barack Obama, and the issue of abortion. I never actually posted them because I was wanting to make sure they said exactly what I wanted them to say before going "public." I've since given up on "perfecting" them and finally just clicked "publish post." You can find those posts here, here, and here.

This past week Barack Obama made a significant decision that I feel compelled to write about...or at least post links to articles written by people more articulate and knowledgable than myself.
http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=3393

http://www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release030909.html

The bottom line for me is this. I am sad and angry that my husband's hard-earned tax dollars are now going to fund what we believe is murder. And for an end that is not yet even proven to be effective!

Remember the unborn on Mother's Day

I was reminded this morning that a group of Christians from Louisville's crisis pregnancy center would be gathering this morning in front of Louisville's abortion clinic to pray. Not to picket, not to heckle, simply to pray. To pray that God would protect women from aborting their babies so close to Mother's Day and having to live with that knowledge every Mother's Day after.

Pray for women today who are contemplating abortions. Pray for women who have already had abortions. Pray for our government that they would work to protect women and unborn babies from the horrific realities of abortion. Support the crisis pregnancy clinic in your town so that women facing an unplanned pregnancy would not abort their babies out of fear or lack of resources.

I encourage you to visit the ACLJ's website and sign their petition to stop the "Right to Choose" act proposed in Congress. Our rights must be limited when their exercise detroys the life of another.

Other links:
Forced abortions in China
Piper on abortion as racism

Photo #1: Katie McCulloch in utero, 9 weeks

Photo #2: Katie McCulloch in utero, 20 weeks