An Indiana lawmaker, State Rep. Curt
Nisly (Goshen-R), said he intends to propose the “Protection at Conception”
bill in January 2017 when the State Legislature meets according to ChristianNews.net. “It’s time to bring the Roe v. Wade to its
logical conclusion,” Nisly told The Times
of North West Indiana. “My goal is to
deregulate abortion right out of existence in Indiana.”
Nisly feels hopeful that the bill
could pass and he believes there is a strong chance that Roe. v. Wade could
even be overturned as President-elect Donald Trump takes office and makes
appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). “The Supreme Court has been wrong before,”
Nisly said. “On issues like slavery, on
segregation and a host of other issues, and they’ve reversed themselves, eventually.”
Mr. Trump has promised to appoint
pro-life justices to the SCOTUS. He also
said that he favors allowing individual states to decide whether abortion is
permitted in their borders.
Indiana is ahead of a number of states
when it comes to pro-life legislation. In
March, then Gov. Mike Pence signed into law a bill that bans the murder of
unborn children who are diagnosed with Down syndrome or any other disability. Additionally, Indiana law already declares
that “human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human
sperm.” It recognizes abortion as a
criminal act except when performed following very specific regulations that
generally prohibit abortion beyond 12-weeks of pregnancy. However, legislation has stopped short of
outlawing abortion.
The Executive Director of Hoosiers for
Life (pro-life group), Amy Schlichter, said now is the time to push for
legislation like Nisly’s. “The code is
there, but Indiana has failed to use it to stop abortion. Instead, they regulate it, which causes approximately
22-Hoosier babies to die every single day,” Schlichter said. “It is time that Indiana understands that our
legislators are not doing all they can to stop abortion in our state,” she
added.
With some 56-million babies aborted in
the U.S. since the 1973 Roe v. Wade SCOTUS decision, the time is long overdue
to stop the murder of innocence.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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