COMMENTARY
Something to re-consider in light of the Word: abortion
By JARRETTE FELLOWS, JR.
God endowed us with “free will.” Doesn’t that equate to “choice” for a woman in deciding to abort her unborn child or give birth to it?
The US Supreme Court thought it did in 1973, when it ruled in the landmark decision, Roe v. Wade, that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
The High Court struck down many US state and federal abortion laws and prompted an ongoing national debate in the US about whether and to what extent abortion should be legal, who should decide the legality of abortion, what methods the Supreme Court should use in constitutional adjudication, and what the role of religious and moral views in the political sphere should be.
The latter was a roiling debate for nearly 50 years. But with a tilt to the right with the appointment of three conservative justices to the Supreme Court under former POTUS, Donald J. Trump. Roe v. Wade was reversed on June 24, 2022.
The premise of my personal view, however, not quite in sync with the Court’s reasoning, underscores a
higher authority — the providence of God and free will. There is no question that God is the arbiter of all life and honors all life as sacred. But God gave human beings the option to choose … whether we will choose salvation through Jesus Christ or damnation through courtship with the “world”; or whether a woman will choose to abort her unborn fetus, for whatever reason.
A woman will have to live with the consequences of her actions, but it is clear in light of the Word that “Choice” and “Life” are a woman’s options. And in the finality, God will be the judge.