Foreword

The clash between Peter and Paul over circumcising Gentile believers (Galatians 2) was enormously important: the truth of the gospel, and the salvation offered to all men, from that day to our own, is directly connected to it. The controversy that currently rages over defending the unborn with force is of similar significance: both people's physical and their spiritual lives 
literally depend it. Not only is the legitimacy of using the means necessary for defending the 
unborn at stake, by logical extension, the duty to similarly defend all human beings, both born and unborn throughout all future generations, hangs in the balance. In addition to this, people's spiritual lives are also directly related to their willingness to maintain the rights of a persecuted 
minority in their midst. When murder has been legalized, and thousands are being slaughtered each day, to neglect the right of these people to be defended is a sin of immense proportions, with many dire consequences. It is nearly impossible, thus, to overstate the importance of the iasue before us.


I do not claim extensive knowledge of pro-life causes, nor do I claim any extra-biblical revelations on the subject. But I am convinced that the Lord has called me to maintain the 
defensive duties of the Moral Law, as it applies to the unborn. I offer this work to the public in obedience to this divine call, and in an effort to depend on His enabling grace. Considering the 
huge number of lives at stake, and ultimately for Christ's sake, I beg you to overlook the numerous shortcomings of this earthen vessel author, and search and see if the principle I am 
asserting is truthful and biblical, or not.  

It is certain that we should use the means necessary to defend the innocent, and since the unborn are innocent, it is equally certain that we should use the means necessary to defend them.  If we knew that we, or our loved ones were about to be killed, as thousands of unborn children are each day, we would defend one another with the means necessary. We would not limit ourselves to legal and educational remedies that might possibly stop the bloodshed in the future; rather, we would take the immediate action necessary to save one another. If questioned, we would assert the moral necessity of taking this action. The law of love requires us to similarly defend the unborn, and uphold the duty to do so.  

The duty the defend the innocent with the means necessary is an essential aspect of the Moral Law that is found in both the Old and New Testaments, and has been recognized and 
implemented throughout history.  Neither the overwhelming majority of citizens, nor the government, questions the duty to defend the innocent. Not everyone agrees on the degree of defensive force that is appropriate, but the obligation to defend innocent people with the means necessary is such a clear and compelling aspect of the Moral Law that it can scarcely be denied.  

Not only does the Moral Law require the means necessary for defending the innocent, this duty comes directly from God, and cannot be removed by any human government. The duty to defend your own or your neighbor's child, thus, is inalienable. When the government forbids this defense, the people “. . .must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29b).  The Scriptures teach that when the government requires a sin of omission (as it has by forbidding the defense of our unborn children), we must obey God rather than the government. As a consequence, you do not need the state's permission before defending your unborn child. No man-made law can remove the individual's duty to defend his own or his neighbor's child.