Back Off! says Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries, who is heading up a campaign to reduce late-term abortions, is the target of threats and harassment. Dorries, a Conservative Party MP, is leading an effort to tighten the limit on late-term abortions from 24 to 20 weeks into pregnancy. That has earned her significant publicity in the British media but also the scorn of extreme abortion advocates who want to allow late-term abortions. Dorries tells the Bedford Today newspaper she has received threatening messages over the phone and in the mail and suspicious packages that she has reported to authorities. The intimidation campaign has also included abortion advocates writing threatening messages on the windows of her home. "The hounds of hell are chasing me," Dorries said in a post on her web site. "Scary, threatening angry and downright nasty phone calls. A message smeared on my window." "This is all meant to destabilize or distract me. I have a very clear message to those who are attempting to do this - back off," she said, standing her ground. "You will not stop me, you will not undermine me, you do not scare me. In fact, you make me much more determined than I ever was before. You give me strength," she added.

Views On Abortion From Christian History

"If I declare with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of God's truth except that one little bit which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ no matter how boldly I may be professing Christ. For the soldier to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that single point." Martin Luther

In the 2,000 years of her history, the Christian Church, has been consistent on one item: abortion is the unjust killing of an innocent human life and thus is a very tragic sin.

Here are a few examples:

Barnabas, The Epistle of Barnabas 14:11 (circa AD 125) "Thou shalt not destroy thy conceptions before they are brought forth; nor kill them after they are born."

19:5 "Thou shalt love thy neighbor more than thy own life. Thou shalt not murder a child by abortion."

The Didache or the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles 2:2 (a 2nd century catechism for young converts to teach them the "way of life' and 'way of death') "You shall not slay a child by abortions."

5:1-2 "The Way of Death is filled with people who are . . . murderers of children and abortionists of God's creatures."

Clement of Alexandria, Pedagogus (2nd c.) "For those who conceal sexual wantonness be taking stimulating drugs to bring on an abortion wholly lose their own humanity along with the fetus."

The Apocalypse of Peter 2:26 (circa AD 135) "I saw a gorge in which the discharge and excrement of the tortured ran down and became like a lake. There sat women, and the discharge came up to their throats; and opposite them sat many children, who were born prematurely, weeping. And from them went forth rays of fire and smote the women on the eyes. These were those who produced children outside of marriage and who procured abortions."

2:264 "Those who slew the unborn children will be tortured forever, for God wills it so."

Tertullian, Apology 9:4 (2nd c.) "It does not matter whether you take away a life that is born, or destroy one that is coming to the birth. In both instances, the destruction is murder."

9:6 "For us, since homicide is forbidden, it is not even permitted, while the blood is being formed into a man, to dissolve the conceptus in the uterus. For to prevent its being born is an acceleration of homicide, and there is no difference whether one snuffs out a life already born or disturbs one that is in the process of being born. For he is also a man who is about to be one, just as every fruit already exists in the seed."

Athenagoras, Legatio 35 (AD 165 a bold Christian leader answering a charge that Christians were cannibals because they ate the body and drank the blood of Jesus Christ) "How could we kill a man--we who say that women who take drugs to procure abortion are guilty of homicide and that they, will have to answer to God for this abortion? One cannot at the same time believe that the fetus in the womb is a living being--as such in God's care--and kill one already brought forth into the light."

35 "We say that women who induce abortions are murderers, and will have to give account of it to God. For the same person would not regard the child in the womb as a living being and therefore an object of God's care and then kill it. . . . But we are altogether consistent in our conduct. We obey reason and do not override it."

35:6 "The fetus in the womb is a living being and therefore the object of God's care"

Minucius Felix, Octavius 225 (circa AD 180) "There are women who swallow drugs to stifle in their own womb the beginnings of a man to be -- committing infanticide before they even give birth to the infant." -

St. Hippolytus, Refutation of all Heresies 9:7 (circa AD 170-236) "Reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility and to gird themselves round, so as to expel what was conceived on account of their not wanting to have a child either by a slave of by any paltry fellow, for the sake of their family and excessive wealth. Behold, into how great impiety that lawless one has proceeded by inculcating adultery and murder at the same time."

Council of Elvira, Canon 63 (circa AD 305) "If a woman becomes pregnant by committing adultery, while her husband is absent, and after the act she destroys the child, it is proper to keep her from communion until death, because she has doubled her crime."

St. Basil the Great, Canon 188:2 (circa AD 330-379) "She who has deliberately destroyed a fetus has to pay the penalty of murder. . . . here it is not only the child to be born that is vindicated, but also the woman herself who made an attempt against her own life, because usually the women die in such attempts. Furthermore, added to this is the destruction of the child, another murder."

188:2 "Moreover, those, too, who give drugs causing abortion are deliberate murderers themselves, as well as those receiving the poison which kills the fetus."

St. Ambrose of Milan, Hexameron (circa AD 339-397) "The wealthy, in order that their inheritance may not be divided among several, deny in the very womb their own progeny. By use of parricidal mixtures they snuff out the fruit of their wombs in the genital organs themselves. In this way life is taken away before it is born. . . . Who except man himself has taught us ways of repudiating children?"

St. Jerome, Letter to Eustochium 22:13 (circa AD 342-420) "They drink potions to ensure sterility and are guilty of murdering a human being not yet conceived. Some, when they learn that they are with child through sin, practice abortion by the use of drugs. Frequently they die themselves and are brought before the rulers of the lower world guilty of three crimes: suicide, adultery against Christ, and murder of an unborn child."

The Apostolic Constitutions, 7:3 (circa AD 380) "Thou shalt not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is begotten. For everything that is shaped, and has received a soul from God, if slain, it shall be avenged, as being unjustly destroyed."

St. John Chrysostom, Homily 24 on Romans (circa AD 340-407) "Why sow where the ground makes it its care to destroy the fruit? Where there are many efforts at abortion? Where there is murder before birth? For you do not even let the harlot remain a mere harlot, but make her a murderer also. You see how drunkenness leads to whoredom, whoredom to adultery, adultery to murder; or rather something even worse than murder. For I have no real name to give it, since it does not destroy the thing born but prevents its being born. Why then do you abuse the gift of God and fight with His laws, and follow after what is a curse as if a blessing, and make the place of procreation a chamber for murder, and arm the woman that was given for childbearing unto slaughter?"

Martin Luther "Surely at such a time (conception), the order of nature established by God in procreation should be followed."

John Calvin "The fetus carried in the mother's womb is already a man; and it is quite unnatural that a life be destroyed of one who has not yet seen its enjoyment. For, it seems more unworthy that a man be killed in his home rather than in his field because for each man his home is his safest refuge. How much more abominable ought it to be considered to kill a fetus in the womb who has not yet been brought into the light."

John Weemse (17th century Protestant theologian) "It is a great cruelty to kill the child in the mother's belly, to kill this innocent in his first mansion, which should have been the place of his refuge; the tunicle in which he is wrapped in his mothers belly, is called Shilo, because (as Hebrews say) the young infant should live peaceably in it, in his mothers womb, as in a place of refuge."

John Donne (17th century Protestant theologian and poet) "The sin of Er, and Onan, in married men; the sin of procured abortions in married women, does, in many cases equal, in some, exceed, the sin of Adultery."

Presbyterian Convention, 1869 "...that we regard the destruction by parents of their offspring, before birth, with abhorrence, as a crime against God, and against nature..."

Karl Barth "He who destroys germinating life kills a man."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics "Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this nascent life.To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder. A great many different motives may lead to an action of this kind; indeed in cases where it is an act of despair, performed in circumstances of extreme human or economic destitution and misery, the guilt may often lie rather with the community than with the individual. Precisely in this connection money may conceal many a wanton deed, while the poor man's more reluctant lapse may far more easily be disclosed. All these considerations must no doubt have a quite decisive influence on our personal and pastoral attitude towards the person concerned, but they cannot in any way alter the fact of murder."

Helmut Thielicke (German Lutheran theologian) "Once impregnation has taken place it is no longer a question of whether the persons concerned have the responsibility for a possible parenthood; they have become parents."

Paul Ramsey (Professor of Ethics at Princeton University) "One grasps the religious outlook upon the sanctity of human life only if he sees that this life is asserted to be surrounded by sanctity that need not be in a man; that the most dignity that a man ever possesses is a dignity that is alien to him...A man's dignity is an overflow from God's dealing with him, and not primarily an anticipation of anything he will ever be by himself alone."

Malcolm Muggeridge, The Sunday Times (London) "Our Western way of life has come to a parting of the ways; time's takeover bid for eternity has reached the point at which irrevocable decisions have to be taken. Either we will go on with the process of shaping our own destiny without reference to any higher being than Man, and deciding ourselves how many children shall be born, when and in what varieties, which lives are worth continuing and which should be put out, from whom spare parts--kidneys, hearts, genitals, brainboxes even--shall be taken and to whom allotted. Or we draw back, seeking to understand and fall in with our Creator's purpose for us rather than to pursue our own; in true humility praying, as the founder of our religion and civilization taught us: Thy will be done. This is what the abortion controversy is about, and what the euthanasia controversy will be about when, as must inevitably happen, it arises."

"Abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace today." -- Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Anglicans for Life Statement on Marriage
"We Affirm the LFL - USA statement" ... Earl Ralore Oldham

In God�s "very good" creation, there was one thing "not good." "It is not good for the man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). It was not companionship that the man needed. It was relationship, a relationship that would be like God�s relationship with him. Adam may have found a companion as all the animals paraded before him, but he found no one suitable for this kind of relationship (Genesis 2:20). He who bore the image of God needed someone who also bore the image of God in order to have a God-like relationship. So God made a woman. She was created in God�s image (Genesis 1:27). She was like the man (Genesis 2:23). She was different from the man. She was created at a different time, in a different way, and for a different purpose (Genesis 2:22, 2:15, 3:20). It was that difference that made possible the kind of relationship God wanted.

Adam and Eve were capable of becoming one flesh and in that relationship could mirror their relationship with their Creator. God brought them together in this relationship called marriage (Genesis 2:24). Marriage was a part of all that was "good" in God�s perfect creation. Marriage was not given as an institution to curb sin. There was no sin. Marriage was given as the foundation for the one flesh relationship.

Marriage was also the relationship through which procreation would continue. "Be fruitful and increase in number" (Genesis 1:28). Marriage is to produce children. The effects of sin upon God�s biological process for procreation sometimes makes it difficult or impossible for a marriage to fulfill this blessing. However, barring such unfortunate circumstances, children are to be the result of this one flesh union.

Sin has certainly brought problems to marriage. The reality of problematic marriages, however, does not abdicate the essence of what marriage is. Jesus makes this clear. "But at the beginning of creation God �made them male and female.� �For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.� So they are no longer two but one" (Mark 10:6-8). What God intended marriage to be in the beginning, He still intends marriage to be.

Throughout Scripture marriage is a picture of God�s relationship to His people. God is Israel�s "husband" (Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 3:14, Hosea 2:19-20). As such, He rejoices over His bride (Isaiah 62:5). Jesus is pictured as the bridegroom and the Church His bride (Rev. 19:7). It is His unconditional love for His bride the Church that caused Him to give Himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25).

Anglicans For Life affirms the great blessing of the institution of marriage as revealed in God�s holy Word. We affirm that marriage is a God-given institution between a man and a woman. We affirm that this one flesh union reflects our relationship with our Creator and Redeemer. We affirm that it is the means God has chosen for procreation. Based on this, we are compelled to humble ourselves before God and ask His forgiveness for all the times we have dishonored marriage by trivializing its importance, by failing to reflect Christ�s love in our marriages, and by our failure to connect the importance of marriage and our relationship to God.

Based on this, we are also compelled to reject homosexual unions as contrary to the Word of God. The "sameness" of homosexuals prevents a one-flesh union as well as the possibility of the procreation of children. Such unions do not and cannot reflect our relationship with our Creator and Redeemer. Such unions are based on a lie rather than the Word of God (Romans 1:25) and cannot constitute a marriage.

Marriage is founded upon the promise publicly exchanged between one man and one woman. Similarly, our Redeemer binds Himself to His Church with His promise, "I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20); "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). Living together without the public promise of mutual love, respect, and fidelity dishonors marriage and is fornication. Adultery breaks the marriage vow, whether by marital infidelity, abuse, or abandonment. We must reject as contrary to the Word of God these and all practices which would not keep the marriage bed pure � impurity of thought, word, or deed (e. g., the use of pornography). We also reject as contrary to the Word of God any reproductive technologies that violate or circumvent the institution of marriage (e.g. donated eggs or sperm and cloning).

We believe, as God says, "Marriage should be honored by all" (Hebrews 13:4). May God give us the faith, wisdom, and courage to bring honor to this great blessing from Him.

Who we are and what we do

Anglicans for Life consecrated by the International Free Protestant Episcopal Church USA on January 11, 2004 and assisted by Michigan Christians for Life for one year. We now serve Anglicans WorldWide. There are many things to attend to. At the moment we are working to unite pro-life Anglicans into a Prayer chain. We pray that God would help the efforts of the pro-life movement within the Anglican Communion to stop the disregard for human life throughout the world. Countless numbers of human beings are being killed each and every day by abortions, euthanasia, infanticide and wars all over the world. This is an insult to to God who sent His only begotten Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to redeem mankind.

It shall be a proper task to attend to these pages with the hope of trying to enjoin Anglicans around the World to participate in our common prayer so that respect for all human life would return to a world gone mad with self.

Anglicans for Life is a Pro-Life Prayer chain for Anglicans Worldwide
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