Resources for Fighting Abortion
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.
