Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Posted on Feb 16, 2009

EDITORS'
NOTE: Since the publication of this editorial in the Western Recorder,
Drew Nichter and his wife have discovered, via a doctor's use of
ultrasound, that their unborn child does not appear to have Down
syndrome. Baptist Press is reprinting the column here because of its
strong pro-life message.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–As you may
know, churches across the Southern Baptist Convention are urged to
recognize "Sanctity of Human Life" on a specific Sunday each January.

On
Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision
in the case of Roe vs. Wade. The case led to the overturning of all
state and federal laws prohibiting abortions.

Since that time,
it is estimated that nearly 50 million abortions have been performed in
the U.S., according to statistics from National Right to Life.

In 1976, I nearly became an abortion statistic.

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