This is a guest post by Forest Welch. This was originally comment on a YouTube post asking about banning drugs used for abortions. I thought it was helpful in thinking about the question. — Michael

I see some comments here of people saying that the pill should be banned. @HeritageRestored is responding, asking whether those people believe that guns should also be banned, and those same people say no. I appreciate the reasoning of his question, so I’d like to add to it and explain it.

To believe that the pill should be banned but guns should not is inconsistent, in that in one case, we recognize rightly that the problem is the murderer, not the weapon used, while in the other case, many believe that doing away with the weapon (the pill) will protect the victims of those murders.

This is inconsistent and wrong in a couple particular ways:

  1. The problem with murder is never the weapon used. To ban a particular weapon from being used does not prohibit the murderer from murdering. We’ve seen this, for example, in much of Europe, where guns have been taken, but the homicide rate has not changed as a result. People are simply turning to other weapons. With abortion, it’s even worse. We’ve seen, for example, many pro-life laws cutting down, or outright banning (always with exceptions) one particular weapon (e.g. forceps), but the women who want to abort their babies turn to other means, (such as the pill). In order to protect the babies from murder, we must criminalize the act of murder, not just ban the weapon used.
  2. The issue here is that fighting abortion is not just about the protection of the babies. It is also about proper justice. When we hear of a school shooting on the news, the whole country cries out that the murderer be justly punished, and this is right. God created us to obey Him—to love Him with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves—and He gave us all the natural knowledge that when we harm or kill each other, we deserve just retribution. So, we ought not merely to ban any particular weapon, but to criminalize all murder in this country, unto God’s glory, and for the love of the victims.

To clarify, we are not seeking to “criminalize women”, as many falsely claim. We want to criminalize murder, and every murder will be examined in the courts on a case-by-case basis to determine who is responsible. What does that mean, then for the women? Many believe us to be ungracious to the women who abort their children. No. We long for them to be saved from their sins and turn to Christ, who is the only hope of salvation. If you are a man or woman who has committed murder, turn to Christ! He was murdered that you can have life in His name. And even more, He rose again so that those who are in Him are not only dead to sin but alive in Christ.

I beg of you to confess what you have done and receive the free gift of His grace!

One more clarification—someone responded to the question about banning guns with the claim that we all have a second amendment right, and we also have a right not to be poisoned to death in the womb. Yes, and we also have a right to not be murdered with a gun. Again, the issue here is not the right to bear arms, but the right to life, and the solution to murder is not to ban the weapons used, but to criminalize the act of murder itself, and to enact justice upon those who commit it.

To the believer reading this, examine your position according to the Scriptures, and let us join together in seeking to establish justice, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. May we abolish abortion immediately, without exception or compromise, to the glory of God.

To the unbeliever reading this, God is a just God, and He demands perfect obedience. He also is a gracious God who provided it in Christ. Turn to Him and be saved.

What do you think, reader? Should the abortion pill(s) be banned? Is this an effort worth fighting for?