45 years ago, the Supreme Court made one of their most influential and controversial decisions to date, legalizing abortion in all fifty states in Roe v. Wade.
The debate still continues among Americans today: are you pro-life or pro-choice?
“As believers,” Christy Britton writes for True Woman, “we consider ourselves to be pro-life. To be content with the murder of lives forming inside the womb is unimaginable. But being pro-life is more than being anti-abortion… Being pro-life must be a way of life.”
Is pro-life a way of life for you?
It’s a stance that seems counter-cultural in many ways. To be pro-life means to hold the lives and value of others highly, even at the sacrifice of ourselves. Culture would argue, however, to hold yourself higher than all others, regardless of the cost. The way of Jesus never seems to follow the way of the world—he calls us to live differently even when it goes against the flow.
“The pro-life ethic doesn’t allow us to see the vulnerable as burdens,” Britton writes, “it requires we see them as image bearers of a holy God. Being pro-life means championing, celebrating, and fighting for life. It means valuing all human life, particularly the lives of the vulnerable who need our protection.”
Being pro-life means welcoming refugees. It means opening our hearts and homes to orphans and children in foster care. It means…
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