There is a lot of controversy over abortion laws. Some say we need to pass new statutes that allow a baby to be killed up until he or she reaches a certain age measured in weeks. Others say we need to keep the old law which bans all abortions except in certain limited circumstances. No one wants to attack the right to life so, instead, it has been suggested that we need to decide at what age a baby becomes a life. But who has the authority to make such a decision? Who could possibly grant such authority at all?
God made it clear in Jeremiah 1:5 when He said: “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee…” It is clear that God knew each and every one of us before we were conceived so to even suggest that a baby isn’t really a person or a life until some arbitrary, man-decided age is unthinkable to me. But, in spite of this, what if the legislature approves, and the governor signs a bill into law that says babies may be killed up until a certain number of weeks? It’s the law. Right?
Wrong! And I’m about to show you why.
First of all, remember that the Constitutions (50 state and 1 US) are the highest law of the land. No mere state or federal statute can violate or overrule them. This truth has been upheld in courts. One of the most famous cases is that of Marbury vs Madison (1803) in ...
