YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN

In the 1330s a deadly plague (The Bubonic Plague) rocked China and most of Europe. After only 5 years over 25 million people were dead (1/3 of Europe's population).

If you were alive this past Monday, you witnessed the inauguration of such a plague here in America. President Bush approved 'over the counter' status for the abortion-causing morning after pill Plan B. The president was asked... "Mr. President, some pro-life groups are worried that your choice of FDA Commissioner will approve over the counter sales of Plan B, a pill that, they say, essentially can cause early-term abortions," said the reporter. "Do you stand by this choice, and how do you feel about Plan B in general?" The President replied, "I believe that Plan B ought to be -- ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision." "Andy", as the President referred to him, is the new (FDA) Commissioner.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm usually not one for making predictions but here goes... I believe this is a plague on our culture. We will likely never see the physical results as with the Bubonic, but the lasting effects will far outweigh the losses experienced in the 14th Century. The Plan B pill will be available at your local store right next to the Mentos and Kodak film. Women of all ages will be able to obtain the drug after sexual intercourse and proceed to abort their babies with nothing more than a sip of water. Who cares that the law requires a person to be 18 before they can buy it. We all know how well that works with alcohol... minors can never get their hands on that stuff right? Then after a short time (when the media hype subsides) women will be able to buy this pill in gas station bathrooms. The only argument at that point will be… do I spend $.50 on a glow in the dark condom or do you spend a whole $1 on the Plan B pill located in the women’s vending machine right next to the Tylenol and personal hygiene products?

Supporters of Plan B will tell us, "Oh but the Plan B pill does not cause abortions in implanted embryos." Be careful! Notice their slight of hand in their vocabulary… “implanted”. Here are the facts… trust me I know. Although we have 3 kids, Shelly has been pregnant 6 times… we know about how this stuff works! It takes 7-8 days for implantation to occur. This is when the ball of cells, that a week earlier was an egg, nestles into the uterine lining. But get this! Back up to the previous week. Inside the ovum, the sperm’s nucleus, which contains its DNA, joins with the egg’s nucleus to create a single set of 46 chromosomes. This is the moment of conception. At that instant the egg is fertilized, and the baby’s sex; height; skin, eye, and hair color; distinctive facial features, and all other inherited characteristics are determined.

In order for the Plan B pill to work you must take it within 72 hours of intercourse. A ripened egg lives for about a day; if you have had intercourse within the last 48 hours or the next 24, the egg may be fertilized. Big deal if the Pill doesn’t work after 72 hours… the fact is it still aborts the baby. The only difference is the egg is not implanted when the abortion occurs.

Back to the Bubonic Plague… Medieval society never recovered from the results of the plague. So many people had died that there were serious labor shortages all over Europe. This led workers to demand higher wages, but landlords refused those demands. By the end of the 1300s peasant revolts broke out in England, France, Belgium and Italy.

This passage has never felt so real to me as it does today. “If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 2:14 (FYI Christians… this is referring to US!)

One last thought... What was Plan A?