Imagine you opened the news this morning and read something like this: “Authorities have uncovered a scheme, hidden in plain sight, in which Canadians are being murdered at an alarming rate. And what’s worse, the victims have been the most vulnerable members of our society—babies. A technical loophole has enabled Canadian mothers to bring their unwanted infants into local clinics and hospitals, where a team of medial professionals dismember and dispose of the infant’s body. An astonishing 25% of Canadian women have been involved in this crime, with an estimated 100,000 babies per year being killed in this way. Those in government have been repeatedly notified but are cautious to address this situation given its political risks.”
How would this make you feel? Would you believe it? If you did, would you have the uneasy realization that the nice, polite country you lived in was actually a bit of a facade? That Canada was a lot more dystopian, a lot closer to, say, Nazi Germany, that you might have thought?
And now what if I told you that such a news article would be basically true, with one small detail changed: each of the babies were still living inside their mother’s womb when the murder happened? With that adjustment in place, everything you read is 100% fact. These are the bloody facts about abortion, Canada’s silent holocaust.
I’m not sure how you react to a discussion on abortion. Many Christians feel uncomfortable with it, given its perception as a political issue. I felt that way for years. I think it’s time to move past that assumption. Abortion is a moral issue, and one that touches a surprising amount of our population.
Personally, I do not have much hope that Canadian politicians will ever do much about abortion. But I do have a lot of hope that individual Canadians, armed with the facts, can influence the way their fellow citizens think about this issue, and thereby play a role in saving innocent lives from being murdered.
I also believe that abortion is a golden opportunity for Christians to speak about the gospel. Many women deeply regret their abortions, and walk through the rest of their life suffering the effects of a guilty conscience. They need to know about the One who was crucified in our place to pay for all of our sins—including the sin of being an accomplice in the murder of your own child.
In our small group a few weeks ago, we discussed how difficult it can be to share the gospel with Canada’s middle class, given its climate of moral complacency. “How can you tell a successful, outstanding citizen with a perfect-looking suburban life that they need Jesus?” The bloody facts about abortion may be just the thing to rip the mask off of our illusion of morality and lead someone to seek God’s forgiveness.
I grew up in Ottawa, and some of my earliest memories include joining my family in pro-life marches on Parliament Hill. After years of neglecting and trying to ignore this issue, I’m too bothered to keep doing nothing. And so this year, my wife and I have decided to financially partner with Samuel Sey, a man who works on the front lines of the pro-life movement with the Canadian Council for Bio-Ethical Reform. Samuel is a solid Christian and I really believe in the work that he’s doing.
I’d encourage you to find out more about Samuel and his work, if only to grow in your knowledge about the kinds of things that are being done to fight against this great evil in our country, and some of the ways that you can play a part:
