The recent videos exposing the horrors of abortion and of Planned Parenthood’s selling of the body parts of aborted children has reignited the conversation around this critical issue. As a result, many Christians have found themselves debating the issue with family, friends, and co-workers. We must be prepared to fight abortion.
Resources To Help You Fight Abortion
In order to help you articulate a biblical position on abortion, and to point you to helpful resources for addressing this issue, we’ve put together a number of links below.
Stats
- From 1973 through 2011, nearly 53 million legal abortions occurred in the U.S.
- Half of the pregnancies among American women are unintended, and 4 in 10 of these are terminated by abortion
- 21% of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) in America end in abortion [1]
Scripture
Videos
- Overview of Abortion
- Planned Parenthood’s 3% Abortion Myth
- No, Mr. President (John Piper)
- How to Make a Pro-Life Argument in Two Minutes
- Abortion: Making The Case
Blog Posts
- 10 Numbers You Should Know About Planned Parenthood (Joe Carter)
- Some Thoughts on Life – What We Are and What We Were (Kevin DeYoung)
- We Know They Are Killing Children – All of Us Know (John Piper)
- Articles on Abortion (Desiring God)
- How to contact your legislators about Planned Parenthood (ERLC)
- Planned Parenthood: 4 Ways to Respond (Tim Challies)
- All Planned Parenthood Videos and Relevant Articles (TGC)
- The Critical Question in the Abortion Debate (David Platt)
In-Depth Articles
- Collection of Academic Articles on Abortion (Public Discourse)
- Collection of Policy Articles on Abortion (Family Research Council)
Books
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments (Randy Alcorn)
- The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture (Scott Klusendorf)
- Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue (R.C. Sproul)
- Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Francis Beckwith)
- Counter Culture (David Platt)
- A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Abortion (David Platt, Booklet)
- Exposing the Dark Work of Abortion: Three Sermons from John Piper
Radical Audio Resources
- What is the Unborn – An Embryo, Fetus, Tissue, or Person? (2 mins)
- How is Abortion a Greater Tragedy than Natural Disasters? (4 mins)
- What Does Psalm 139 Tell Us About the Unborn and Disabled? (5 mins)
- What Exactly Do You Mean by Pro-Choice? (3 mins)
- Is There Hope for Those Who’ve Taken Part in an Abortion? (5 mins)
Pro-Life Ministries
- Lifeline Children’s Services (Adoption resources and birth-mother counseling)
- Abort73 (Resources and information on abortion)
- Care Net (Assistance for crisis pregnancies)
- Justice For All (Pro-life training aids)
- Sav-A-Life (Unplanned pregnancy care center)
- Speak for the Unborn (Calling the church to pray and to speak)
[1] Statistics available on the Abort73 website and taken from the Gutthmacher Institute.
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