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Welcome, friends, to this discussion where we delve into the complex intersection of politics and morality, specifically concerning the value of human life. It’s a sobering task to consider that in the United States today, a major political party has demonstrated a complete disregard for the lives of the most vulnerable among us. The sad truth is that 100% of the Senate Democrats have voted against protecting babies who survive abortion procedures, choosing instead to deny them any care or protection. This is not a matter of semantics or differing opinions, it is a clear indication of a party that has lost its moral compass.
Let us be clear about the issue at hand. This is not a discussion about the ethics of abortion itself, although that is a critical matter. We are discussing the fate of a child who has survived an abortion attempt and has been born alive. This child, having narrowly escaped death, is now faced with a political party that would deny them basic care and protections. This is not about a fetus in the womb; it’s about a living, breathing human being outside the womb. The implications of such a stance are staggering.
It’s often argued that pro-lifers are only concerned with the fetus, not the child after birth. But the actions of the Democratic party demonstrate that the opposite may be true. They are unwilling to provide care for a child who has survived abortion. This exposes a disturbing reality: the pro-abortion movement does not value the lives of children, born or unborn. This is not simply a political issue; it is a profound moral crisis.
As a Christian, I view politics through the lens of a biblical worldview. This perspective should inform my political engagement. I cannot reconcile a political party that is willing to sacrifice an entire class of human beings with the principles of God’s word, which prohibits the shedding of innocent blood. While the Republican party is far from perfect, it does not actively promote the wholesale destruction of innocent human life. The Democratic party, however, does. They have made it clear that unborn humans, and even those who survive abortion, are expendable.
Some may accuse me of being a Republican partisan, but I want to emphasize: my support for the Republican party is entirely contingent on their continued alignment with the pro-life cause. I am not a Republican out of some ingrained loyalty. My alignment is due to my moral convictions and my belief that the Republican party is the best available option for limiting the evil of abortion in our current political landscape. My allegiance will shift if another party were to champion the cause of life.
Many Christians struggle with political involvement. They may feel it is too messy, too corrupt, or simply not worth the effort. I argue that Christians do not have the option to remain on the sidelines. We have a moral duty to engage in the political sphere, to apply our biblical ethics to the real world. This will be messy, with no perfect candidates or parties, but we are called to promote good and limit evil. We must do what we can to fight for the most vulnerable and to hold our political leaders accountable for their actions.
Consider the moral implications of a political party that is willing to deny protection to a child who has already survived an abortion. This is not a trivial matter. It’s a stark illustration of a deep moral decay within our political system. Leading Democrats such as Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer have chosen to prioritize abortion over the value of human life. As Christians, we must recognize the inherent evil of this position.
It is critical to recognize that we live in a fallen world. We cannot expect perfection in our political system. However, we are called to do our best to promote good and limit evil. This means engaging with the political realm, applying our biblical ethics and speaking out against injustice. We must stand up for the unborn and for those children who survive abortion, recognizing the moral gravity of this issue and the role we each play in defending the defenseless.
In closing, I encourage you to be informed, engaged, and courageous in the political sphere. Do not allow apathy or despair to silence your voice. Instead, stand firm in your principles and demand that our political leaders uphold the value of human life, from conception to natural end. There is a real political evil that is being presented, and it is a moral obligation to confront it directly.
Episode Transcript
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Hello friends, welcome to The Case for Life podcast. Is it possible that one political party in the United States today a major political party has 100% of its Senate delegation voting to oppose protecting babies who are already born? The sad answer to that question is yes, and I’ll explain why on this episode. Great to have you with us. If you’ve not already visited our social media sites, please do so. Give us a like there and let us know that you’re involved, and let others know about this podcast so they can be equipped to defend life too.
Well, president Trump has been in office about a week and already there’s been a dramatic event in the US Senate that that is related to abortion but in one sense is not, and here’s what I’m talking about. Last week, 100% of Senate Democrats in the US Senate voted to oppose protecting children who survive abortion techniques and end up being born alive, and they voted to deny them any kind of protection or care and instead refused to give that care to children who survive abortions. Now let’s be clear about what’s being talked about here.
This is not talking about killing a child in the womb, which is evil enough. This is about killing him after he manages to survive being killed through abortion and he manages to come out alive. Senate Democrats 100% of them voted to deny protections for that child that survives the abortion. You know, I find this just crazy on so many levels. Pro-lifers are always told: oh, you don’t care about kids once they’re born, you only care about them while they’re in the womb.
You’re not pro-life, you’re just Pro fetus, you’re just Pro before birth, but you’re not pro birth, you don’t care about the kid once he’s born. Really well, it looks like it’s actually pro-abortion Democrats who don’t give a rip about kids once they’re born because they won’t protect these kids who survive abortion procedures. As you know, this is just nuts to me. And yet this is where we are in our political world today and it raises a question I want to come back to.
I’ve had people write me and say: you know, it sounds like you’re too Republican, like you just endorse the Republican party, and I want to make something clear: my support for the Republican part party is entirely contingent. Here’s what I mean by that. My support for that, that party currently is something that I could change down the road if they betray our fundamental principles that I hold to as a pro-life Christian, the reason why I support the Republican party today has nothing to do with me just being a hack partisan.
I don’t love Republicans just because I’m a republican. My grandfather was a Republican and I just hate Democrats. That’s not the issue at all. But as a Christian, I have to look at politics through the lens of a biblical worldview. Politics is not something over here on the side that doesn’t have any relationship to my biblical word world view. My biblical worldview should inform my politics and here’s how it does so. When I look at a party that says we can delegate an entire class of human beings to be killed without offering any justification, morally that is not a party that aligns with a biblical worldview and certainly doesn’t align with biblical commands against the shedding of innocent blood.
So when I look at the Republican party, what I see is a party could do a better job defending innocent life, but at least it’s not promoting the destruction of innocent human life wholesale. Make no mistake, the Democrat Party is doing that. It takes an entire class of human beings, unborn humans, and sets them aside to be killed even after they are born. They are unwilling to protect children who survive abortion procedures. That’s right. Leading Democrats like Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer the whole lot of them are willing to let children die after they are born.
So let’s be clear: it’s not pro-lifers who don’t give a rip about kids once they’re born, it’s pro-abortion Democrats who don’t. And so if you’re a Christian and you’ve been thinking well, you know my political involvement doesn’t matter much. You know why should I even get involved? I just want to leave politics alone. May I politely suggest to you? You don’t have an option of sitting things out politically. You need to be engaged and you will have to give an account before the Lord and to your conscience.
About what did you do when an entire class of human beings was being set aside to be killed? Did you say? You know I don’t want to get my hands dirty with politics, so I’m just going to sit out the political side of life. You don’t have that option. You need to bring your biblical ethics to all of life, including the political realm, and that will be messy at times because there’s no candidates, there’s no perfect parties, but some parties do a better job lining up with biblical truths than others.
And a party that says we can set aside an entire class, born or unborn, of human beings to be killed is not a party that aligns with a biblical worldview and you have a duty to impose the intrinsic evil of that party. So it’s true, I am not a republican, no matter what. I’m a republican, Contin ently. As long as that’s the best option I have available to limit the evil of abortion, I will align with that party. If that changes, if somehow, through some miraculous turn of events, it ended up being the Democrats that actually supported human life and its value more appropriately, I would align with that party.
But for now, in the real world we’re forced to live in, I am going to align with a party that does the best job and gives us the best hope at limit some of the evil done. Look, I get it. Christians always have to live with a troubling tension between our principles, which are rooted in God’s word and are true and objective, and the real world we live in, where Fallen human beings don’t live up to that standard and we are forced to do the best we can to limit evil and promote good in that imperfect, Fallen World.
And you’re not helping matters if you just opt out of the process because you can’t get 100% of what you want. You should do the best you can to promote good and limit evil. That’s your job as a Christian politically. Thanks for joining us today and I look forward to seeing you on our next episode.