{"id":33392,"date":"2021-03-17T08:40:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=33392"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:41:03","slug":"youre-not-the-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/youre-not-the-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"You’re Not the Woman!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Calvin Schlabach<\/p>\n

I was chided on social media by an old friend for my opposition to abortion. “You are not the woman!” she declared.<\/p>\n

I thought I would share the response with you. I cited no Scripture because she demonstrated no concern for the Bible.<\/p>\n

Of course, I am not. And you are not the unborn child. But those things have nothing to do with what is right or wrong. I must stand up for the defense of innocent life.<\/p>\n

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  1. If the unborn child is just a part of its mother’s body, let her dispose of it as she wishes as she would do with her fingernails or her hair (parts of her body).<\/li>\n
  2. If the unborn child is not <\/b>a human being, then there should be no rules prohibiting the mother from removing it, just the same as she might dispose of a dandelion, a mosquito, or a sparrow.<\/li>\n
  3. But if the unborn child is <\/b>a distinct, living person, then no one has the right to destroy it, not even the mother. She certainly is not free to destroy it after <\/b>it has been born, and neither does she have a right to destroy that same child before it is born.<\/li>\n
  4. While it is still in the womb, the child has its own DNA, fingerprints, and blood type. Brain waves and heartbeat are also detectable well before the time of birth.\n
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    1. Brain waves and heartbeat are what we use to determine that someone is alive rather than dead.<\/li>\n
    2. DNA, fingerprints, and blood type are how we distinguish one person from another.<\/li>\n
    3. Therefore, the objective criteria declare that the unborn child is a distinct, living human being.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Since the unborn child is a distinct human being, no one should kill it. And I must stand up for the defense of innocent life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      by Calvin Schlabach I was chided on social media by an old friend for my opposition to abortion. “You are not the woman!” she declared. I thought I would share the response with you. I cited no Scripture because she demonstrated no concern for the Bible. Of course, I am not. And you are not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-33392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-abortion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7003,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/whose-body-is-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":33392,"position":0},"title":"Whose Body Is It?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jarrod M. 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