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A Word about
Abortion
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I received an e-mail today asking whether the Bible had to say anything
about abortion being justified in cases of rape or where some illness
threatened the life of the mother. This was my reply:
I suspect you are asking this about firstfruits as opposed to those in
the world. If the latter, they may do what they wish as the Word of God
is not currently binding on them. Neither the church nor the Word of
God is going to have any influence on those in the world [1 Corinthians
2:14] till Christ returns to rule all nations.
Often this discussion of abortion is more academic than real. That is,
1] What are the chances of any woman not wanting to get pregnant getting
pregnant? Especially if she were doing all she could to prevent such a
pregnancy?
2] What responsibility rests on the woman not wanting to get pregnant to
prevent that pregnancy?
3] What are the chances of any woman getting raped during her
child-bearing years?
4] If such a woman [item 3] were to get raped, what are the chances she
would get pregnant from that one sexual encounter?
5] What if it were to be shown that the woman raped was partially
responsible for the rape? I add this possibility because it is a legal
and moral issue in most countries. Further, it would be a spiritual one
if the firstfruit woman concluded that some misjudgment on her part
resulted in the rape, such as getting drunk at a college frat party or
purposely going to a location that was dangerous
6] What are the chances of any woman making a misjudgment that resulted
in an incident that resulted in a pregnancy?
7] What are the chances of
a woman being ill with an illness that would threaten her life if she
were pregnant and her getting pregnant, especially if she were doing all
she could to prevent it?
8] What are the chances of a pregnant woman developing an illness that
would threaten her life solely due to the pregnancy?
Now add to this the chances of any of these possibilities happening to a
firstfruit lady whose entire life was foreseen billions of years before
the foundation of the Earth being made. That is, since God looked ahead
into history to determine whom He would call to the Salvation Process,
could we not also conclude that He would see any rapes of these women in
the faith? Could He not have interceded to prevent it? Clearly He
could have. Thus, if He did not intercede, we must conclude that the
pregnancy was the will of God.
Last year, just 72 of every 100,000 women were raped in this country.
This means the odds of a woman getting raped are one in 1,388. Now
the question is, how many of these got pregnant? Notice this from just
one site offering the statistics:
Now for the important question. How many rape pregnancies are
there? The answer is that, according to statistical reporting, there are
no more than one or two pregnancies resultant from every 1,000 forcible
rapes.
But, does it make sense? Let's look, using the figure of 200,000
rapes each year.
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Of the 200,000 women who were forcibly raped,
one-third were either too old or too young to get pregnant. That
leaves 133,000 at risk for pregnancy.
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A woman is capable of being fertilized only 3 days (perhaps
5) out of a 30-day month. Multiply our figure of 133,000
by three tenths. Three days out of 30 is one out of ten, divide 133
by ten and we have 13,300 women remaining. If we use five days out
of 30 it is one out of six. Divide one hundred and thirty three
thousand by six and we have 22,166 remaining.
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One-fourth of all women in the United States of
childbearing age have been sterilized, so the remaining
three-fourths come out to 10,000 (or
15,000).
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Only half of assailants penetrate her body and/or
deposit sperm in her vagina,1 so let's cut the remaining
figures in half. This gives us numbers of 5,000 (or
7,500).
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Fifteen percent of men are sterile, that drops that
figure to 4,250 (or 6,375).
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Fifteen percent of non-surgically sterilized women
are naturally sterile. That reduces the number to 3,600 (or
5,400).
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Another fifteen percent are on the pill and/or
already pregnant. That reduces the number to 3,070 (or
4,600).
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Now factor in the fact that it takes 5-10 months for
the average couple to achieve a pregnancy. Use the smaller figure of
5 months to be conservative and divide the above figures by 5. The
number drops to 600 (or 920).
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In an average population, the
miscarriage rate is about 15 percent. In this case we have
incredible emotional trauma. Her body is upset. Even if she
conceives, the miscarriage rate will be higher than in a more normal
pregnancy. If 20 percent of raped women miscarry, the figure drops
to 450 (or 740).
Finally, factor in what is certainly one of the most important reasons
why a rape victim rarely gets pregnant, and that's physical trauma.
Every woman is aware that stress and emotional factors can alter her
menstrual cycle. To get and stay pregnant a woman's body must produce a
very sophisticated mix of hormones. Hormone production is controlled by
a part of the brain that is easily influenced by emotions. There's no
greater emotional trauma that can be experienced by a woman than an
assault rape. This can radically upset her possibility of ovulation,
fertilization, implantation and even nurturing of a pregnancy. So what
further percentage reduction in pregnancy will this cause? No one knows,
but this factor certainly cuts this last figure by at least 50 percent
and probably more. If we use the 50 percent figure, we have a final
figure of 225 (or 370) women
pregnant each year. These numbers closely match the 200 that have been
documented in clinical studies. ---end
quote---
Source:
here
Of these statistics, how many of these 225 (or
370) women will be firstfruits?
The bottom line on all this is that the whole question is virtually
moot.
Should any firstfruit lady become pregnant from rape [an
event almost unthinkable and God forbid it ever happen], she
would be obligated before God to put the entire situation into His
hands. It would be improper to kill the child for something perpetrated
by a third party. All this in addition to abortion not being supported
in any case in the Word of God. All this in addition to the fact we are
to forgive our enemies including those doing us harm.
Should any firstfruit lady become pregnant and some illness develop that
could affect the life of the mother, the child or both mother and child,
the firstfruit would put this into the hands of God like any other
situation where the Healing Doctrine [and
therefore the Word of God] needs to be invoked.
The
“what if” argument used by pro-abortionist is actually a trap. The
pregnancies that result from rape and/or are in cases where illness is
impacting the mother or child [both extremely rare] are being used to
support the wholesale slaughter performed in all of the
38 million abortions between 1970 and 2005 in the US and hundreds of
millions worldwide in the same period [33-million
this year].
Firstfruits cannot allow the arguments used by either side of the
subject to influence decisions that are extremely personal and
spiritual. No firstfruit lady will ever be pregnant lest it be the will
of God. All pregnancies should be given over to God to allow His will
to be carried out. Where there is no baby or pregnancy, there is no
discussion. Where pregnancies do exist, the potential child belongs to
Almighty God with its potential for eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
Despite the fact that all aborted babies will know the resurrection does
not justify an human taking the life of the unborn child. |
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