If we do not allow the right to one's possessions to be subject to another persons's religion, neither should one's right to life be so subject. Individual Liberty God has given us personal liberty as a tremendous gift which cannot be despised. The Christian message, proclaimed in Scripture, not only reveals the existence of such liberty, but shows that its fullness is found precisely in Christ. Our union with Christ does not squelch or destroy our personal liberty, but enhances and strengthens it. It involves the rejection of acts which destroy others.
Abortion is one such act.
If a doctrine of liberty includes the destruction of the child in the womb, even when the child's humanity is acknowledged, why should it not also include the newborn, or you, or me. We assert that one is never whole when one destroys another. The promise of wholeness through abortion is false and illusory. Two decades of legalized abortion in America provide abundant evidence of wounded bodies and souls, and a wounded society. Religion that is not grounded in reality is a disservice to humanity.