I think one of the biggest lies women have been made to believe is “my body, my choice” in the context of abortion. It’s not just your body. That’s the whole point of the fight for life. The baby is in your body, but it’s not your body! It is a separate human being, temporarily living in your body. Literally living. This is why at some point it’s meant to come out of your body. Ideally alive.

Of course a woman has the choice of whether she wants to be pregnant or not. If she wants to be pregnant she decides to have sex, her and her partner being fully aware of the possible consequences of that act e.g. pregnancy among other things. And if she doesn’t want to be pregnant then she abstains from sex. It’s that simple. Actions have consequences.

Abortion is not something to be proud of or celebrated. Sadly, the mainstream mentality seems to be, “I didn’t want to have a baby so I killed it, yay me! And you can do it too!” Psychopaths.

Part of the problem is how sex has been trivialised by our society. A lot of movies, music, art etc. celebrate “casual” sex. The idea of premarital sex is no longer shocking.

There are still some who do appreciate the seriousness and therefore encourage people to only have sex when they are in a serious relationship or with someone “they truly love”. This is part of the problem as it is a half truth, which is therefore a lie. According to our Creator, the only relationship serious enough for sex to happen is within marriage.

We are all sinners. Bent to do things in our own way. But there is forgiveness with God. And when we do repent we are forgiven; we don’t celebrate or rejoice in our former sins. We rejoice that we have been forgiven, and granted the ability to live in obedience to God. To live right. Like we were created to.