PROTECT OUR UNBORN
An Egregious Sin
Abortion stands as an egregious sin against God because it obliterates innocent human life, which He meticulously crafts in His own image (Genesis 1:27: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them").
Scripture unequivocally affirms the sanctity of the unborn, as seen in Psalm 139:13-16, where David declares, "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb… Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." This passage reveals God’s intimate involvement in the creation of each life, endowing it with purpose and dignity from conception. To terminate such a life is to shed innocent blood - an act God deems an abomination (Proverbs 6:17: "hands that shed innocent blood" are among the things He hates). It directly defies His explicit command, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13), and usurps His sovereign role as the giver and sustainer of life (Job 33:4).
Criminalising abortion, therefore, becomes a necessary act of obedience to divine law, a shield for the helpless, and a bulwark preserving a nation’s moral integrity. It reflects a resolute commitment to God’s design - honouring the sacred gift of existence - over the fleeting conveniences or assertions of human autonomy that fuel its practice.
The Horrifying Statistics
The scale of abortion globally underscores its gravity as both a moral and demographic crisis. According to the Guttmacher Institute and World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 73 million induced abortions occur annually worldwide, a figure translating to roughly 200,000 per day.
Over the past several decades, estimates suggest a staggering cumulative total: between 2.4 and 3.3 billion abortions since 1970, based on annual averages ranging from 55 to 73 million. This number dwarfs the death tolls of history’s deadliest wars—World War II claimed 70-85 million lives, by comparison—highlighting abortion’s unparalleled destruction of human potential.
In the United States alone, the Guttmacher Institute reported 930,160 abortions in 2020, with a rate of 14.4 per 1,000 women aged 15-49, while the CDC logged 625,978 in 2021 across 46 reporting areas. Since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, over 63 million abortions have occurred in the U.S., a figure exceeding the population of many nations.
In the United Kingdom, the Abortion Act of 1967 has led to over 10 million abortions by 2023, per government data—a number roughly equivalent to the immigrant population, suggesting a direct correlation between abortion and demographic shifts.
Demographic Collapse
This widespread practice is largely responsible for population decline in numerous nations, undermining their future vitality and stability. Globally, fertility rates have plummeted from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021, per the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with many developed countries now below the replacement rate of 2.1. Abortion plays a pivotal role in this decline.
In Europe, where population growth is projected to drop by 7% between 2022 and 2050, countries like Russia and Eastern European nations have seen abortion rates historically exceed live births - Russia’s rate peaked at 88 per 1,000 women in the 1990s, per Guttmacher, contributing to a shrinking population now at 144 million, down from 148 million in 1991.
Japan, with a fertility rate of 1.3 and over 10 million abortions since World War II, faces a demographic crisis, its population declining from 128 million in 2010 to 125 million in 2020, with projections of further shrinkage to 88 million by 2065. In the U.S., the abortion ratio—199 per 1,000 live births in 2022, per CDC data—means nearly one in five pregnancies ends in abortion, suppressing natural population growth and exacerbating reliance on immigration.
Divine Judgment
The link between abortion and population decline is not merely statistical but causal. Each abortion eliminates a potential contributor to a nation’s future - economically, socially, and culturally - while reflecting a rejection of God’s command to "be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28).
In developing nations, where 97% of the estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur annually (WHO), high abortion rates—often exceeding 500 per 1,000 live births - compound already strained demographics, though poverty and lack of contraception also drive unintended pregnancies.
In contrast, nations with restrictive abortion laws, like Poland (fertility rate 1.4 but abortion rate below 1 per 1,000 women), still face decline, suggesting contraception and cultural shifts amplify the trend. Yet, where abortion is liberalized, as in Western Europe (e.g., France’s 223,000 abortions in 2022), the decline accelerates - France’s fertility rate of 1.8 masks a native population stagnation offset only by immigration.
Theologically, this demographic unravelling is a consequence of defying God’s order. Scripture warns that rejecting His ways brings judgment (Deuteronomy 28:18: "Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb"), and the emptying of nations through abortion aligns with this principle.
Secularism, which often accompanies abortion’s legalisation, strips societies of their reverence for life, replacing it with individualism and convenience—idols that erode moral foundations (Romans 1:23-25).
Abolish Abortion
Criminalising abortion, then, is not just a legal stance but a spiritual necessity, restoring a nation’s alignment with divine will. It protects the voiceless, as God demands (Proverbs 31:8-9), and counters the chaos of population collapse, ensuring a legacy that honours His sacred gift.
Nations that persist in this sin risk not only demographic ruin but divine displeasure, for "the Lord is a God of justice" (Isaiah 30:18), and His design cannot be mocked without consequence (Galatians 6:7).
Abortion’s status as a sin against God—rooted in its assault on His image-bearers—finds stark confirmation in its global toll and demographic fallout.
With billions of lives extinguished and nations teetering on decline, criminalising it upholds divine law, safeguards the innocent, and preserves societies from self-inflicted ruin.
It is a call to revere life as God’s holy domain, not humanity’s disposable commodity.