{"id":283994,"date":"2023-01-20T06:42:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T12:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=283994"},"modified":"2023-01-19T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T05:02:09","slug":"legislator-bible-verse-infanticide-governments-womb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/legislator-bible-verse-infanticide-governments-womb\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislator cites Bible verse to defend infanticide: ‘It doesn\u2019t say the government\u2019s womb’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The latest iteration of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act passed the House last week, but not before the floor debate in which one representative attempted to justify a pro-abortion stance using Scripture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Freshman representative Hillary Scholten of Michigan cited the Bible in defense of her pro-abortion beliefs. \u201cI rise today in support of parental and maternal rights and in opposition to H.R. 26,\u201d Scholten <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI recently shared publicly about my own experience navigating a complex miscarriage and the loss of my daughter. As a pro-choice Christian who chose life, this issue is so personal to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy faith informs my actions, but it doesn\u2019t dictate the policy of an entire nation,\u201d she went on. \u201cAnd further, when I read the Scripture, I turn to passages and I\u2019m guided by passages like Jeremiah 1 verse 5, which states, \u2018I knew you before I formed you and I placed you in your mother\u2019s womb.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t say the government\u2019s womb or the Speaker\u2019s womb. It says the mother\u2019s womb.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n