Until 1973, most states in the U.S. had laws stating an abortion could only be performed to save the life
of the mother. In 1973 in a controversial ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in Roe vs. Wade ruled
women had a Constitutional right to an abortion. For 49 years, Roe was the law of the land, but in 2022, the SCOTUS overturned it, sending the legality of abortion back to the states. Democrats have blamed Trump for the ruling because he appointed three SCOTUS justices that voted to overturn Roe.

According to the Wall Street Journal poll, abortion is the number one issue for suburban women voters
in swing states. A Pew Research poll found 63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases — 36% say it should be illegal in all or most cases. When broken down by affiliation, 73% of White evangelical Protestants think abortion should be illegal. By contrast, 86% of religiously unaffiliated Americans believe abortion should be legal.

First, the GOP has downplayed the abortion issue. For the past thirty years, the Republican platform was
strongly pro-life. During that time, the GOP campaigned on abolishing abortion. Torn between an activist
base wanting more restrictions on abortions and the mushy middle that does not, the national Party
removed the pro-life plank that had been in the platform for over 40 years at the 2024 national convention. The new language, approved by President Trump, deems abortion be left to individual states to decide. GOP candidates, at all levels, followed suit and have become tentative and timid on the issue, afraid they might offend a voter. Situational ethics and moral relativism is the order of the day, even in the Grand Old Party.

Second, America has become less pro-life. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 41% of Americans
consider themselves pro-life. That is down from 54% back in 1994. Among Republicans, pro-lifers are still in the majority, but down by nearly a third in the past twenty years. A sad fact is respect for life in the womb is on the decline in America.
One of the ways, Christian cultures have distinguished themselves from pagan cultures throughout history was by rejecting abortion and infanticide. The decrease in spiritual interest in the U.S. is directly related to the sad trend to excuse the killing of unborn babies.

Third, God says abortion is wrong. God is the Creator. He created man in His image. Life begins at conception and human life has value before birth. It doesn’t matter what the creature thinks — the Creator dictates truth. God’s Word says life begins in the womb. It doesn’t matter what a politician says one way or the other — only God. If a nation or people care more about winning an election than honoring their Creator, they are doomed to the ash heap of history.

Thank God, there are still Americans who believe it is wrong to kill the unborn. While their Party standard
bearers (candidates) may have deemphasized the issue, they have remained unbending.

Politicians always like to ‘see how the wind is blowing,’ (poll) before taking a position. The answer to the
life issue isn’t blowing in the wind- it’s found in the revealed Word of God. Life begins at conception.