In some of the ancient nations, parents literally had the legal authority of life and death over their children. They could sell their children into slavery or even kill them! In ancient Rome this was codified into law and was called Patria Potestas. How barbaric this seems, but if the unborn child in the womb is a person, then laws that legalize abortion today are not that much different from Patria Potestas. Virtually the entire debate over abortion would be concluded if we answered that one question: "Is the fetus in the womb a person or not?" It is my prayer that those struggling with this question would consider what God has said about this issue in the Holy Scriptures: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you... " - Jeremiah 1:5
Brad Sherman. Pastor, former State Legislator, and candidate to be the next governor of the State of Iowa.
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