{"id":185745,"date":"2018-07-27T08:29:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=185745"},"modified":"2018-07-26T10:30:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:30:41","slug":"pro-life-teen-cancer-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-teen-cancer-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Just forgive’: Pro-life teen with cancer responds to pro-choice hate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeremiah Thomas is 16, pro-life, and is currently battling cancer. And he is receiving scores of hate messages after he dared to call<\/a> for the abolition of abortion in Texas as his final wish. Shortly after Live Action News featured<\/a> Jeremiah’s story, including a video of his phone call to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, he began receiving hate messages from abortion supporters.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah told Live Action News, “My wish<\/a> was to meet with Gov. Gregg Abbott and discuss abolition…. I was just trying to talk to a person in power to persuade him. 60 million babies have been murdered. One-third of my generation…. All I wanted<\/a> was for abortion to be abolished and preborn babies to be given the same rights all humans deserve.”<\/p>\n

But then the hate began. And it is ugly.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah’s parents, Rusty and Kendra Thomas, are pro-life activists, and they are accustomed to receiving a certain amount of vitriol. But, as parents of a sick teen, the fact that this hate is directed at Jeremiah has been particularly upsetting.<\/p>\n

“How would you feel if someone wished your child dead? Or laughed at his suffering? Or called him ugly as he recovered from the effects of chemo and radiation?” Kendra\u00a0posted<\/a> recently. “How would you feel if an army of abortion supporters… flooded your child\u2019s social media account to cyberbully him AS HE DIED?”<\/p>\n

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Kendra continued, “A meme of someone ‘pulling the plug’ on Jeremiah. A cartoon of him dying in bed. Accusations that he wanted ‘children to be abused and women to die,’ ‘international genocide’ and ‘the legal right to rape everyone.’ Threats of bodily harm.”<\/p>\n

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Abortion supporters bully teen with cancer because he is pro-life<\/p><\/div>\n

Jeremiah told Live Action News, “Its kind of sickening. I pray for them…What has happened to people to make them think like that?”<\/p>\n

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Abortion Tweet hates on dying pro-life teen (Image credit: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

“I get more offended when they talk about my family. Most of them were personally towards me, some were towards my parents… that I was brainwashed as a kid,” he added.\u00a0“No matter how far of a pit you are in, God still died on the cross for them and He still loves them.”<\/p>\n

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Twitter blocks man for bullying pro-life teen<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hate against Jeremiah (Image credit: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Most, but not all, of the comments have been hate-filled.<\/p>\n

A rare comment of kindness came<\/a> from the pro-abortion side, which read, “don\u2019t agree with his view on abortion but i pray for his recovery. he deserves to live healthy.”<\/p>\n

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Nice comment to dying teen who is pro-life (Image credit: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

Jeremiah’s dad\u00a0called<\/a> this another opportunity to show the world what Christianity looks like. “We have this opportunity to bless those who curse us…. I want you to know Jeremiah’s spirits are doing well…. He is responding as a godly young man. We couldn’t be prouder of him.”<\/p>\n

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Pro-life teen Jeremiah Thomas types letter to his generation<\/p><\/div>\n

Jeremiah has a solid conviction about abortion and its impact on his generation. He wrote a letter<\/a>\u00a0to his generation, which reads in part:<\/p>\n

We have been handed a bill of goods that has completely destroyed us. In our nation, we have chosen death and received the curse…. How bad does it have to get in order for our generation to wake up and realize that we are a long way from home?<\/em><\/p>\n

My call to you today is to come back to the Father. Leave behind the darkness, deception and despair…. It\u2019s time to wake up and stand against the evil in our day. There\u2019s a battle to fight and souls to save….<\/em><\/p>\n