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I have heard from quite a few people hailing the HeartBeat Bills as the best thing to stop abortion in America. The truth is, they are not and will not stop abortion.Eleven states have passed HeartBeat Bills now and every one of them have been trampled by the federal courts – just as everyone involved in the process knew they would be. The Republican legislators who brought them knew they would be trampled by the courts and the pro-life/pro-family groups knew they would be trampled.
The latest Heartbeat Bill to be trampled was just two weeks ago. On February 17, 2021, South Carolina hailed and heralded the passage of their Heartbeat Bill as a great “pro-life victory.” But the very next day it was trampled by the federal courts.
The HeartBeat Bill claims to protect 90-95% of the babies from being murdered by abortion. The truth is the ultra-sound employed in these bills is external ultra-sound which means babies in the first trimester will likely not be detected as only internal ultra-sound has the chance of detecting the heartbeat in the first trimester.
Remember, 89% of abortions take place during the first trimester. So how can the bill possibly save 90-95% of the babies when 89% of those murdered will not benefit from the bill? Also – even if internal ultra-sound is used, you are putting the veracity of whether a heartbeat was detected or not in the hands of murderers – those who do the abortions! Even if a heartbeat is detected it does not mean it will be documented.
So the passing of HeartBeat Bills does not stop abortion in America.
I cannot encourage you enough to listen to a stenographer who opposes the murder of the preborn testify at the Ohio capitol when the HeartBeat Bill came before the legislature there. Here is a link to the 8-minute testimony:
https://www.facebook.com/100003530073653/posts/1916183345175983/
By the way, the Ohio HeartBeat Bill after passing in April of 2019 was also trampled by the federal courts — and is not in force.
The pro-life/pro-family groups along with the Republican leadership in states across America have followed this same failed policy for nearly 50 years now. They bring a bill; the federal courts trample it; and they do it all over again – with the same outcome again. Occasionally they put bills up that aren’t trampled by the courts, but which do virtually nothing to protect any actual preborn babies.
But either way these are hailed as “pro-life victories.” Meanwhile, there are those who understand that actual interposition/abolition is needed. They demonstrate to the Republican state legislators that biblically/morally; historically; and legally they have the authority and duty to interpose and stop the murder of the preborn. Stop it cold.
They demonstrate to the pro-life/pro-family groups biblically/morally; historically; and legally that the interposition of state magistrates is right and proper to stop the murder of the preborn. Stop it cold.
And yet, the Republican politicians and political pro-life/pro-family groups keep following their failed policy of nearly 50 years.
In fact, seven states have introduced Bills of Interposition/Abolition in America this legislative session: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Already, Indiana and Oklahoma have killed these bills. Who killed these Bills of Abolition? The Republican leadership and the pro-life/pro-family groups have killed these bills. The pro-abortion crowd didn’t even have to lift a finger to stop them.
And get this: Bills of Interposition/Abolition have been introduced in 13 states over the last five years – several of the states multiple times. And all of them have been killed by the Republican leadership and the pro-life/pro-family groups – the very ones who claim to be for the preborn.
And then they continue with their 50-year failed policy of regulationsim and appealing to the Supreme Court. The Court has trampled the preborn 38 times since Roe.
Bills of Interposition/Abolition have five components to them:
1). Outlaws all abortion from the moment of conception.
2). Criminalizes abortion as murder.
3). No exceptions whatsoever.
4.) Ignores and defies Roe v Wade and any lawless court.
5). Repeals all other abortion laws so the preborn are truly protected.
If you want to see this bloodshed end, demand that your Republican legislators and governors and AGs interpose and stop the murder of the preborn in their state. That is their duty in the sight of Christ.
Secondly, quit giving money to pro-life/pro-family groups who do not support interposition/abolition. They are sustaining the bloodshed through their failed policies. And you are sustaining them when you give them money.
After more than 30 years in this battle for the preborn, I can assure the key to keeping abortion legal is to continuously delay its abolition with a never ending stream of incremental, regulationist “pro-life victories.”
The failed policy must end – and abolition must be demanded.
Matthew Trewhella is the pastor of Mercy Seat Christian Church (MercySeat.net). He and his wife, Clara, have eleven children and reside in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. You can obtain his book The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates: A Proper Response to Tyranny and A Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience to Civil Government at Amazon.com or by going to the website:
www.DefyTyrants.com.
