Tag: Abolition

There are many great organizations out there to give to, but we all know that some are better stewards of your donation than others.  Anti-abortion organizations are no different, therefore, we felt it would be helpful to highlight the four best organization to give to that fight for our neighbors in the womb!  Two of these organizations we give to monthly and the other two we give yearly!

Abolitionists Rising
https://abolitionistsrising.com/donate/
Abolitionists Rising exists to spread abolitionist ideas and support abolitionist organizations, projects, and legislation. Their goals are the abolition of abortion, the repentance of the nation, and the glorification of God.

The Imago Dei Ministry
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZPWTCNFDM3334
The Imago Dei Ministry (IDM) is a gospel centered ministry. Their team consists of Christian volunteers that reach out via private social media groups to pregnant mothers actively seeking abortion as well as ministering in person outside of Bristol Women’s Health abortion clinic which assists in murdering over a dozen children a day. While ministering outside the clinic, IDM focuses on calling out to patients with a focus of saving children, resourcing families, and proclaiming the Gospel. By God’s grace, IDM has seen over 200 babies saved.

Foundation to Abolish Abortion
https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/FoundationtoAbolishAbortion/
Their mission is, “To exalt and vindicate the image of God by promoting sound public policy that provides equal protection under the law to all preborn human beings.”

Rescue Those
https://www.rescuethose.com/donate/
“Rescue those who are being taken away to death” is the scripture Rescue Those is based on. Rescue Those helps individuals and churches learn, prepare, and go rescue our pre-born neighbors from death.

Please consider giving to these wonderful organization who are working daily to abolish abortion!

The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention took place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week in New Orleans, LA. We were in attendance and wanted to do a special edition of Abolition News to cover the highlights concerning abolitionism at the convention.

Resolution

Abolitionists did have a resolution to submit this year, but unfortunately, due to an incorrect date listed on the resolution submission website (stating resolutions were due May 30th instead of May 29th), the resolution was not submitted in time to be considered by the resolutions committee. An effort was made to have the resolution heard and voted on. Abolitionists pastor Aaron Wright made a motion to bring the resolution to the floor, but the motion was ruled out of order.

President Election

This year there were two men running for President of the SBC. Bart Barber, who is staunchly opposed to abolition, and Mike Stone, who is supportive of abolition. Bart Barber won reelection, receiving 68% of the votes. Abolitionist Dusty Devers was nominated for 1st Vice President, but did not receive enough votes to secure the position.

Questions to SBC Leaders

On Wednesday, abolitionist (as well as any other messenger) had the opportunity to ask questions of SBC entity heads as well as Seminary Presidents. Questions are limited to three minutes, therefore, only 1-2 questions are able to be asked. After the ERLC report, abolitionist Pastor Brian Gunter was able to ask ERLC President, Brent Leatherwood, if the believed women who murder their children after they are born should be criminalized. Leatherwood refused to answer the question directly.

Abolitionist Beau Hill was able to ask Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President, Danny Akin, his position regarding abolition. Although Dr. Akin gave a more straightforward answer than last year, he still spoke of how he is 100% pro-life.

Abolitionist pastor Richard Henry was able to ask Midwestern Baptist Seminary President, Jason Allen, his position regarding abortion abolition. Abolitionists Rising summed up the exchange well by tweeting, “Allen was more forthright than last year, but he appears to argue that women should be able to murder children with legal immunity. Allen also parrots the common but false idea that some states have outlawed abortion. Abortion is still legal for mothers in all 50 states.” It is worth nothing that in the SBC Book of Reports that is given to every messenger, the ERLC also parroted this false narrative (page 151, paragraph 5).

Abolitionist Rodney King was able to ask New Orleans Baptist Seminary President why there is a group of people allowed to murder pre-born children with impunity and President Dew stated he did not know what King was referring to.

For a summary with videos attached, please read this great twitter thread from Abolitionists Rising.

🧵The Abolitionist Movement is at the SBC Annual Meeting once again! This will be a running thread of Tuesday's events which relate to abolitionism. pic.twitter.com/OZd5ArpGQt

— Abolitionists Rising 🌳🪓 (@AbolitionRising) June 13, 2023

Looking Ahead

Next years SBC will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana! If you are an abolitionist in the Southern Baptist Convention, please start saving and planning to attend the convention next year!

It has been a busy week sorting through what the pro-life movement is calling “wins”.  I know it is hard to keep up so I decided to write a brief synopsis of the truth about the Mifepristone ruling, the 32,000 “saved” babies since Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Florida’s passage the Heartbeat Protection Act. (Please note, I am not a journalist, this is simply a blog).

Mifepristone

It has been a back and forth week of rulings concerning Mifepristone, the first drug used in most chemical abortions; however, as it stands now, the Supreme Court has put a hold on any decisions until Wednesday, April 19th, so they can consider the Biden administration’s appeal. Regardless of what happens, if Mifepristone cannot be produced here in the US, there are plenty of overseas retailors who will ship the pills (and already do) to women in the US. Remember, chemical abortions are legal in every state for pregnant women to perform meaning they would face no criminal penalties for ordering pills from an overseas source and taking them to murder their child(ren) in the womb.  It is worth noting, Mifepristone is the pill in the chemical abortion regimen that starves the child in the womb to death, it is not the pill that aborts the baby.  The pill that aborts the baby is called Misoprostol and chemical abortions can be done using only Misoprostol.  If Mifepristone is pulled off the market and a woman does not feel comfortable ordering from overseas, they will simply prescribe her a Misoprostol only abortion. It is also worth nothing that abortion pill reversals cannot be done after Misoprostol is taken. Chemical abortions will continue at the same rate no matter the ruling, unfortunately, and more babies will die as a result of the pill reversal no longer being an option.

32,000 Babies Saved?

You may also have seen headlines this week about 32,000 babies being saved since the overturning of Roe. This is misinformation, unfortunately, as well.  Those statistics only take into account abortions that happen within the US healthcare system. They do not take into account abortions outside the healthcare system which are done by ordering pills online and consuming them. According to a recent report, chemical abortion pill requests have increased to 6,500 pills a month, which is more than the total decline of abortions within the US healthcare system.  That means more children have potentially been murdered since Roe was overturned than before its reversal, not 32,000 less.

Florida’s Heartbeat Protection Act

I have seen many headlines celebrating Florida’s passing of the Heartbeat Protection Act. Here are the main issues with this bill and why it should not be considered a “win”:

• It codifies the legal murder of children into law, regulating abortion as healthcare. This is an abomination to God which is explained on this podcast episode.
• It has exemptions for fetal abnormalities and children conceived in rape/incest.
• It does not abolish abortion; it forces women make their decisions in haste which will lead to the death of more children.
• There is no oversite at abortion clinics requiring them to be truthful about gestational age. This law supposes women who are bringing their children in to be murdered and the abortionist will be honest.

Here is another point to contemplate. DeSantis beat out his opponent by 19 points in the 2022 governor’s race. They have a Republican super majority, and we are in a post-Roe world. All of that and they are still regulating abortion as healthcare. Why? I have ideas, but it is clear the pro-life backed politicians in Florida, and every other state, have no interest in abolishing abortion.

Wrap-Up

So there you have it. For those of you new to our site, we are abolitionists, not pro-lifers. If you are interested in learning more about the abolition movement, please click here.

Final Update: June 17th, 2023

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.

2023 Filed Bills

Alabama
HB454
Final Status: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee where Republican Jim Hill refused to give the bill a hearing.

Texas
HB2709
Final Status: Filed 2/23/23. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Committee where it was denied a hearing by Democrat Chair Joe Moody.

SB2198
Final Status: Filed 3/9/23, referred to State Affairs and denied a hearing by pro-life committee chair Bryan Hughes.

South Carolina
H3549
Final Status: Pro-Life backed politician refused to give HB3549 a hearing. (Dead on arrival)

Missouri
HB818
Final Status: Never assigned to committee

SB356
Final Status: Hearing conducted May 3rd. A brief recap can be found here. Committee minutes can be found here. No vote was taken and given that the Chair of the Committee is endorsed by Missouri Right to Life (who spoke against the bill) she did not call a vote.

Oklahoma
SB402
Final Status: Referred to Health and Human Services and refused a hearing by the committee chair, pro-life Senator Paul Rosino.

Arkansas
HB1174
Final Status: Died in House Committee at Sine Die Adjournment

Kansas
HB2181
Final Status: Killed in Health and Human Services Committee by pro-life backed committee chair.

Indiana
HB1596
Final Status: Pro-Life backed politicians refused to give HB1596 a hearing.

Arizona
HB2706
Final Status: Bill was never given a hearing and died in committee.

Colorado
HB23-1119
Final Status: Health and Insurance Committee, Hearing 2/17, Voted 8-3 to postpone bill indefinitely.

Kentucky
HB300
Final Status: Pro-Life backed politicians refused to give HB300 a hearing.

Georgia
HB496
Final Status: Referred to Public Health Committee where it was denied a hearing by Republican Legislator Sharon Cooper

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