By Far the Strongest Stand Against Abortion of any Party!

By Mark Gabriel

“The pre-born child, whose life begins at fertilization, is a human being created in God’s image.  The first duty of law is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood.  It is, therefore, the duty of all civil governments to secure and to safeguard the lives of the preborn.”

This statement comes from the platforms of both the Constitution Party of Wisconsin (CPoW) and the national Constitution Party (CP).  The CPoW is an independent political party, but affiliated with the CP.  Last year, the CPoW endorsed the CP candidate for President, Chuck Baldwin. We agree with Thomas Jefferson, who wrote, “The purpose of civil government is to protect life; abandon that, and you have abandoned all.” We stand in stark contrast to other political parties. 

The Democrat platform states: “We believe in the complete freedom of reproductive choice [abortion on demand], as well as the individual’s right to choose death with dignity [assisted suicide].”  The CPoW platform states, “We also oppose all government “legalization” of euthanasia, infanticide and suicide.” Party platform, there is no statement that advocates the protection of the preborn.  In practice, Democrats consider the preborn child to be the sole property of his or her mother, to be kept or disposed of as she wishes.  This view is similar to those who supported slavery, since they considered the slave to be the property of his owner, to treat as he chose. According to the Green Party platform, they consider humans to be “Other animals,” yet while they claim to “work to reduce or eliminate animal suffering,” their platform ignores the suffering of babies by abortion.  In the Libertarian  Rather they state that “an individual’s right to free choice must be recognized” and that “the morality of such choices is not a concern of government.”  Republicans state they, “support legislative and judicial efforts that would affirm legal protection for all innocent human beings from conception until natural death,” however, Republican elected officials have done little to nothing to end the abortion holocaust, even when they had the majority of congress and the Presidency.  If Republicans really wanted to end legal abortion, they could have passed Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act.  This bill would define life as beginning at conception and thus, declare the personhood of every pre-born child.  It would also remove abortion from the jurisdiction of the Court as authorized under Article III, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, giving it no say.

The CPoW platform on the Sanctity of Life continues:

“To that end, the Constitution of these United States was ordained and established for “ourselves and our posterity.”  Under no circumstances may the federal government fund or otherwise support any state or local government or any organization or entity, foreign or domestic, which advocates, encourages or participates in the practice of abortion.”  One of the first Executive Orders taken by President Obama was to abolish the Mexico City policy, which prevented federal funding of international organizations that participate in, or advocate for abortion.  Republican presidents had instituted this policy, yet none of them opposed the millions of federal dollars going to such groups in this country, like Planned Parenthood, which received over $336.7 million last year.  Obama wants to massively increase funding for abortion in 2009.

George Washington said, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”  Like our nations founding fathers, those of us in the CPoW take our inspiration for civil government from the Holy Scriptures.  Romans 13:4, tells us that the civil servant is “the minister of God to thee for good,” and for those who do wrong, “he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.”  In order for government to determine “the wrongdoer,” it must make moral judgments.  All laws proceed from one moral view or another.  The question is: what moral view will our laws be based on?  For most of the history of the United States, criminal laws and punishments were based on Biblical morality.  The Bible also tells us that one thing the LORD hates is: “hands that shed innocent blood,” Proverbs 6:17.  The 6^th Commandment is: “You shall not murder,” Exodus 20:13.  The penalty is found in Numbers 35:30, “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty.”  The platforms of the Democrat and Green Party oppose the death penalty and thus they oppose scripture.  It is because life is sacred, that the destruction of it requires the ultimate penalty. Abortion involves the pre-meditated killing of human life, thus the highest penalty should be applied to abortionists.  Scripture tells us the main purpose for civil government is: “to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right,” 1 Peter 2:14b.  Regarding the case that decriminalized abortion, The CPoW states, binding on the parties to the controversy as to the particulars of the case, it is not a political rule for the nation.“Although a Supreme Court opinion is  Roe v. Wade is an illegitimate usurpation of authority, contrary to the law of the nation’s Charter and Constitution.  It must be resisted by all civil government officials, federal, state, and local, and by all branches of the government…”  A few years ago, the Roe in this case, Norma McCorvey, tried to get the Supreme Court to re-hear the case on the grounds that she had lied about the facts of the case.  She said she had been raped by black men, which did not happen.  She asked the court to overturn the decision.  The court refused to hear it.  The facts apparently did not matter to them.  Their decision showed that the case really wasn’t about Norma. She never got the abortion she sought. The court wanted to “legalize” the murder of children before birth for everyone.  Sarah Weddington, the attorney that brought the case, had an abortion in Mexico and could have told Norma where to have one, but then she would have lost the means to get what she wanted – abortion on demand for America, not for her client.  In 1996, Norma repented and found forgiveness in Jesus Christ.  Today she says the pro-abortion movement used her for their own ends.  She is now working to end the abortion holocaust that started with her case.  The story is told in her book, “Won by Love.”  The CPoW platform states:  “In office, we shall only appoint to the federal judiciary, and to other positions of federal authority, qualified individuals who publicly acknowledge and commit themselves to the legal personhood of the pre-born child.”  No Republican president has promised to do as much. 

The CPoW platform goes on: “Further, we condemn the misuse of federal laws against pro-life demonstrators, and strongly urge the repeal of the FACE Act as an unconstitutional expansion of federal power into areas reserved to the states, or people, by the Tenth Amendment.”  The 10^th Amendment states that the federal government is limited to specifically what the Constitution states it can do.  All other powers are reserved to the States and the people.  During the late 80’s and early 90’s, Christians across America participated in the Rescue Movement.  Sit-ins were done in front of abortion clinics to prevent mothers from entering to have their babies killed.  Pro-life women called, “sidewalk counselors,” would talk to the mothers and offer help and alternatives to encourage them to let their children live.  Blessed times of prayer, singing and worship occurred there.  Those who were a part of these rescues felt an intense bond of faith and fellowship. Some put it as, “Living the book of Acts.”  As a result of the Rescue Movement, thousands of lives were saved from violent death, and lives were changed.  In response to the rescues, sometimes the police sympathized with the cause and made no citations or arrests.  Sometimes citations were handed out, which amounted to the equivalent of a traffic ticket.  Sometimes the police used more force than necessary to move people.  Sometimes Rescuers spent days, weeks or months in jail.  In 1994 Congress passed FACE, the “Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances” Act.  This law made it a federal crime to peacefully block the entrance to an abortion facility.  The law was unconstitutional, since each state has jurisdiction for its own criminal laws.  Just as the Supreme Court went beyond its authority in Roe v. Wade, Congress went beyond its authority. 

Of the five largest political parties in America, two support abortion, one wants government to do nothing about it, and the other says it’s against it, but when in position to criminalize it, failed to do so.  The Constitution Party of Wisconsin is serious about ending abortion.  All who care about justice for the innocent can find a home in the Constitution Party of Wisconsin.  Let’s work together to end abortion!  Please join by contacting us today.