Abortion is a hot button issue and is directly or indirectly on the ballot this election season.

Unfortunately, in this particular election, it seems that neither party is unabashedly pro-life---even though the Declaration of Independence says the Creator has endowed us with the right to life.

However, there are major differences in degree between the two parties. I cannot in good conscience support the widespread killing of unborn babies. Here are three reasons why I vote pro-life:

Life is a precious gift from God. The Bible makes this clear.

For example, David writes in Psalm 139: “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works.” A friend of mine from church says that “Psalm 139 is the world’s first ultrasound.”

In the New Testament, in Luke 1:41, the Greek word “brephos” is used to speak of the yet-unborn John the Baptist. The word means baby---born or unborn.

One aspect of the pagan nations that surrounded Israel in those ancient days was the common practice of child sacrifice.

In the ancient world, child sacrifice was a common phenomenon. Archaeologists have unearthed ancient cemeteries,........

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