Month: January 2024

Knowing how hard it can be to keep up with abolition bills in each state, we created this post in order to help our fellow abolitionists stay up to date with what is happening concerning bills of equal protection.

2024 Filed Bills

Missouri
SB775
Final Status – Filed by Senator Mike Moon. Assigned to Health and Welfare Committee on 1/19 and was never given a hearing by the pro-life committee chair.

HB1508
Final Status – Filed by Representative Bob Titus. Titus withdrew the bill after pressure from the pro-life establishment in Missouri.

Oklahoma
SB1729
Final Status – Filed by Senator Dusty Deevers on 1/16. The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee where pro-life committee chair refused to give the bill a hearing.

Indiana
HB1379
Final Status – Filed by Representative Lorissa Sweet. Was referred to the Committee on Courts and Criminal Codes and was never given a hearing.

Iowa
HF2256
Final Status – Filed by Representative Zach Dieken. Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. Bill was killed after Pro-Life Committee Chair, Steve Holt, refused to assign HF2256 to subcommittee.

Kansas
HB2737
Final Status – Filed by Representative Samantha Parshall. Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services. Bill died in committee.

Colorado
HB24-1224
Final Status – Filed by Representative Scott Bottoms on February 8, 2024. Bill was assigned to the House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs and was voted 8-3 to postpone indefinitely.

Today is the #MarchForLife: one of the most significant annual demonstrations in America meant to draw attention to the abortion holocaust and the plight of the preborn. This year is the second #MarchForLife since the overturn of Roe v. Wade. But the battle to end abortion in our land is far from over. Here is why:

1). Abortion is Still Legal in All 50 States

You may have heard from pro-life news outlets that abortion is banned in a dozen or more red states. But all of these states have laws saying that officials cannot prosecute mothers who have abortions, even if they willfully and intentionally murder their preborn babies.

2). Women Are Not “Second Victims”.

You may have also heard that women are “second victims” of a culture of death telling them to murder their babies, or that they are “second victims” of parents or boyfriends pressuring them to abort. There are certainly women who are in abusive situations and deserve our compassion. But we have also seen women over the past few years “shout their abortions” and take abortion pills on the steps of the Supreme Court and even on live television.

We actually infantilize women by suggesting they have no idea what they are doing when they willingly take part in abortion. Even worse, we hold them back from the grace of God and the salvation found in Christ. If they are innocent victims of abortion, how could they need forgiveness for their abortions?

3). Self-Managed Abortion is on the Rise

Because of laws which allow women to murder their babies with immunity and impunity, demand for self-managed abortion pills is on the rise. Even though surgical abortion mills may be closed, women can still order poison pills through the mail to murder their babies. Some of the states with the most rapid increases in abortion pill orders are red states like Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, where pro-life lawmakers and their lobbyist allies insist that abortion has been officially banned.

4). The Pro-Life Movement is the Problem

Elected officials and lobbying groups in the pro-life movement are actually the reason abortion remains legal for women in every red state. Every time Christians try to introduce and advance bills to abolish abortion entirely, even in states with Republican pro-life supermajorities where the abortion lobby has no power, pro-life lawmakers are always the ones who kill these bills.

5). Jesus is the Death Kneel to Abortion

Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead for men and women who have taken part in murdering preborn children. If you have participated in an abortion, repent of your sins and trust in him! Western nations submitted to Christ once abolished child sacrifice in history. Only the departure from Christ has led to the return of child sacrifice. Only by the return to Christ can we vanquish child sacrifice once more.

Resources

Thank you for reading this. Please share this with other #MarchForLife attendees. If you want to see more paradigm-shifting information about abortion and equal protection for the preborn after Roe, you should check out these resources:

Videos: The Fatal Flaw, Abortion is Still Legal in All 50 States, Abortion Free

Talks/Sermons:

• Image Bearers from Conception
• Abortion and the Sixth Commandment
• POWERFUL Story of Redemption | Sonya Gonnella
• The Liberator Podcast