Rev. Mark H. Creech
Statement on the overriding of Governor Cooper's veto of 12-week abortion bill
FacebookTwitter
By Rev. Mark H. Creech
May 17, 2023

As I listened intently today (Tuesday, May 16, 2023) to the debate on the Senate and House floors concerning the override vote of Governor Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 20 – Care for Women, Families and Children Act, I could not help but be struck with how historic the moment was.

One hundred and fifty-six years ago, Americans were deeply divided over slavery. The fundamental similarity between the practice of slavery by Americans then and the practice of abortion today is the issue of human rights. Just as slavery deprived African Americans of their basic human rights, abortion also violates the right to life of an unborn child.

There is also the issue of the dehumanization of a specific group of people. Enslaved people were dehumanized and seen as property rather than human beings. Today's unborn child is viewed solely as a biological entity rather than a human with intrinsic worth and dignity. The language used to describe the child, such as "products of conception" or "fetus," further reinforces this dehumanization.

For those who know history, every undertaking of one group of people oppressing or exploiting another, whether it was from slavery, the illicit drug trade with its many addicts, the predatory gambling industry that cultivates compulsive gamblers for profit, human trafficking, or Abortion, was always defended with a pro-choice argument.

At least the victims of drugs and gambling have been afforded some choices, but the victims of abortion never had a choice.

What high-sounding rhetoric we often hear about a woman's right to choose – the right to live her life without government interference – her right to body autonomy. What is conveniently left out, however, is the victim's choice. This is the essence of any pro-choice argument. Victims are not equal and, therefore, ineligible for serious consideration.

Can you hear faintly in the background, the champions of the Confederacy? "Well, no one makes you own a slave. Yet, you want to make it illegal for me. You are anti-choice, anti-freedom, and would impose your view of morality on others." This same argument, in principle, was made today by several Democrats in defense of abortion.

O that we would learn from our history so we wouldn't be condemned to repeat it as we are now doing.

Almost all human rights violations have been vigorously defended based on the oppressor's right to choose.

The bill that passed today, "notwithstanding the Governor's objections," will save many lives, and the Christian Action League is exceedingly thankful to every Republican who tenaciously fought for its passage. Nevertheless, this fight must continue. Blacks didn't choose slavery, and babies didn't choose abortion. This wholesale slaughter of the innocents must end!

God hasten the day when Americans will look back and rue the way we were about abortion in the same manner we now look with disdain on slavery.

© Rev. Mark H. Creech

 

The views expressed by RenewAmerica columnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of RenewAmerica or its affiliates.
(See RenewAmerica's publishing standards.)

Click to enlarge

Rev. Mark H. Creech

Rev. Mark H. Creech is Executive Director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc. He was a pastor for twenty years before taking this position, having served five different Southern Baptist churches in North Carolina and one Independent Baptist in upstate New York.

Rev. Creech is a prolific speaker and writer, and has served as a radio commentator for Christians In Action, a daily program featuring Rev. Creech's commentary on social issues from a Christian worldview.

In addition to RenewAmerica.com, his weekly editorials are featured on the Christian Action League website and Agape Press, a national Christian newswire.

Subscribe

Receive future articles by Rev. Mark H. Creech: Click here

More by this author

September 23, 2023
Revelation Chapter 16: A world shaken and pummeled to the ground


September 18, 2023
Revelation Chapter 16: When the great river runs dry


September 10, 2023
Revelation Chapter 16: The antichrist’s throne, darkness and the inevitable downfall


September 2, 2023
The Saga of Eli and the Greed Games


September 1, 2023
The vanishing workforce: Unraveling mysteries behind so many ‘help wanted’ signs


August 28, 2023
Revelation Chapter 16: When it becomes hotter on Earth than ever before


August 19, 2023
Revelation Chapter 16: Death and judgment upon the waters


August 13, 2023
Revelation Chapter 16: Painful sores, the price of denying Christ


August 5, 2023
Revelation Chapter 15: The inexorable culmination of divine retribution approaches


July 31, 2023
Revelation Chapter 14: The sickle of judgment and the grapes of wrath


More articles

 

Stephen Stone
The most egregious lies Evan McMullin and the media have told about Sen. Mike Lee

Siena Hoefling
Protect the Children: Update with VIDEO

Stephen Stone
Flashback: Dems' fake claim that Trump and Utah congressional hopeful Burgess Owens want 'renewed nuclear testing' blows up when examined

Peter Lemiska
The real threat to our Democracy

Jerry Newcombe
And lead us not into temptation

Tom DeWeese
Cancel Culture using the pseudo-ailment 'eco-anxiety' to cure the non-existence of manmade global warming/climate change

Pete Riehm
Finally, a Republican with backbone

Cliff Kincaid
De-Nazification and de-communization in Russia

Marsha West
When Christians tolerate anything and everybody, you cannot guard the flock against wolves

Selwyn Duke
Medical examiner’s office source: “Only 1 to 2%” of “COVID deaths” were really COVID

Michael Bresciani
Canadians stand up for their children – When will America stand?

James Lambert
Why illegal immigration negatively affects our country

Rev. Mark H. Creech
Revelation Chapter 16: A world shaken and pummeled to the ground

Victor Sharpe
November 2, 1956: A day and a month that changed the world

Jerry Newcombe
Communist goals and America
  More columns

Cartoons


Click for full cartoon
More cartoons

Columnists

Matt C. Abbott
Chris Adamo
Russ J. Alan
Bonnie Alba
Chuck Baldwin
Kevin J. Banet
J. Matt Barber
Fr. Tom Bartolomeo
. . .
[See more]

Sister sites