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It appears that our country really doesn’t understand the importance of protecting an unborn baby’s life. The
United States is second in the world to the number of abortions per year. Russia is number one with abortions
numbering 2.766 million babies aborted per year. The United States total population was 311,591,917 determined
by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2011. There was a total of 132,312,404 Housing Units in 2011 as recorded by the
U.S. Census Bureau. The number of babies killed account for 41% of the Housing Units. How could God
continue to bless a nation that kills babies at that rate?

The U.S. Republican Party in 2012 made an official platform statement regarding human life. “We support a
human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply
to unborn children. We oppose using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or fund organizations which perform or advocate
it, and will not fund or subsidize health care which includes abortion coverage. We support the appointment of judges who respect
traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life. We oppose the nonconsensual withholding or withdrawal of care or
treatment, including food and water, from people with disabilities, including newborns, as well as the elderly and infirm, just as we
oppose active and passive euthanasia and assisted suicide.” 56

The U.S. Democratic Party in 2012 made an official platform statement regarding a woman’s rights. “The
Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy,
including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right.
Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or
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government to get in the way.”

This nation has made a clear choice to support a woman’s right to that of an unborn child’s life. We wonder
what has happened to this nation. In 2012, the United States was ranked 16th in the world for having a new
baby. The number one reason given was because of the U.S. National Debt. This new generation of children
would inherit this debt and they will have to pay the interest and the debt off. What a bad inheritance.

God – Life
This nation continues to make it lawful for what is truly seen in God’s eyes as an abomination. Let us first take a
look at what is required to obtain God’s blessing. It states that the “fruit of the womb is a reward.”

Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
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5 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;”

The scripture passage makes the statement that children are a gift of heritage from the Lord God. It says that
children are a reward and “blessed is a man whose quiver is full.” The killing of a baby in the womb is a direct
rejection of God’s gift. Therefore, how could God bless a nation that makes it lawful to kill a baby? This nation
rejects God’s gift over and over again to the rate of 1.2 million babies a year. Is it because man believes he knows
more than God? It must be because there is no fear of God?

Psalm 112:1-3 “Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.

2 His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.”
3 Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness endures forever. 57

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Matt Cover and Pete Winn, CNS News , August 21,2012
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New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. 1995 (Ps 127:3–5, Ps 112:1–3). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.