In today’s increasingly polarised culture, abortion can be a very hard subject to talk about. People on both sides of the debate can get aggressive and defensive, seeing the other side as the enemy.
But while it is a sensitive and controversial issue, it doesn’t mean we should remain silent. According to the most recent statistics, there are approximately 36 abortions in New Zealand every single day. For some this sounds like a horrific tragedy, while for others it’s simply viewed as women exercising their rights.
In the next few Thought for the Week’s we will address some of the questions and complications surrounding this topic and show how the Christian answer is not to condemn anyone, but to uphold the value and dignity of every human life – the mother, the father and the child. We will show how science backs up the Christian claims and highlight the problems with many of the objections raised by pro-abortion advocates.
In all of this it is important to remember that God is truth and God is love. There is no contradiction between these two things, just as there is no contradiction in God. They always need to go hand in hand and this is how we hope to engage in these issues over the next episodes. I’m Becky Gillespie from Thinking Matters and this has been your Thought for the Week.
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