A pastor quoted Scripture and asked God to judge Illinois for the “sanctioned destruction of the innocent unborn” during the opening prayer of the House of Representatives Friday, three days after the same body voted to expand abortion in the state through all nine months of pregnancy.
“God, we have made our appeals to the leaders of Illinois this week, on behalf of those innocent babies who do not yet have a voice,” Cory Musgrave, pastor of New Beginnings Church in Fairfield, Ill., prayed. “We have been a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves as you have commanded us. Those appeals were denied.
“But we have one final appeal left, and that is to the courts of heaven. God Almighty, I make an appeal to heaven today, to you the perfect judge, the one who presides over heaven’s court. I ask you to rise up, Oh God, and judge Illinois, for the sanctioned destruction of the innocent unborn. For when your judgments are in this state, the inhabitants of Illinois learn righteousness.”
The bill, H.B. 25, declares abortion a “fundamental right” and says the fetus “does not have independent rights,” as Christian Headlines previously reported. It also forces insurance companies to cover abortion and requires parents to pay for their daughter’s abortion, even if they objected to the procedure. The bill passed the…
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