2006 is the year to become a Michigan Christian for Life Prayer Partner. Prayer WILL help end Partial Birth Abortions and we need everyone's help. Here is why; On February 21, 2006, justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
of the United States appropriately announced that they would review a lower
court ruling which blocked the enforcement of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion
Ban Act. Since the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to review the case, sometime
in the future they will hear arguments and rule on whether the federal
government is allowed to ban the horrendous practice of partial-birth abortion.
This decision is positive and may allow justices to fairly interpret the law and
allow the law to protect babies in the process of being born.
The
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was signed by President Bush on November 5, 2003.
This law, if in effect, would ban the abortion procedure commonly known as
partial-birth abortion. Registered nurse Brenda Pratt Shafer witnessed several
partial birth abortions and described the procedure: "The baby's body was
moving. His little fingers were clasping together. He was kicking his feet. All
the while his little head was still stuck inside. The abortionist took a pair of
scissors and inserted them into the back of the baby's head. Then he opened the
scissors up. Then he stuck the highpowered suction tube into the hole and sucked
the baby's brains out." (Note: A diagram of this horrific procedure is located at the top of this page) This law was challenged in various courts because more
than five years ago in Carhart v. Stenberg, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
5 to 4 that Nebraska’s ban on partial-birth abortion was unconstitutional.
Michigan’s Legal Birth Definition ActThe Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban Act is different from Michigan’s Legal Birth Definition Act. The
Legal Birth Definition Act (LBDA) takes a unique approach by defining legal
birth at the moment when any non-severed part of an unborn child is outside the
mother. Michigan’s law doesn’t ban a specific abortion procedure like the
federal law, but its language effectively prohibits partial-birth abortion by
making it equivalent to infanticide. The federal legislation asks if there are
grounds for restricting a certain type of abortion procedure while the LBDA asks
if states are allowed to define when a child is legally born. The LBDA was
passed through the Michigan legislature after more than 460,000 Michigan voters
signed a petition to override Governor Jennifer Granholm’s veto and is currently
working its way through the legal system after a single federal judge ruled
against it.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to review the federal
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act has no effect on Michigan’s Legal Birth
Definition Act and its appeal process in the courts. There you have it. 2006 could be the year that Partial Birth Abortions end. It is going to take a lot of prayer and Christian witnessing for those who don't understand how important this legislation is. Will it stop all abortions? No but if it saves one human life we've accomplished a lot. Do become a Michigan Christians for Life prayer partner, especially if you claim to be pro-life but are not involved in the movement. Prayer gets God's attention and He does honor prayer. Pray that a majority of those Supreme Court Justices will vote to ban this procedure that not only kills human life but in time will destroy the lives of the mother and father when they discover that they killed their baby. God love you.
