Abortion: Science beats death with ... death?

'Investing in modern contraceptive methods would be far less costly to women and society than having unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions.'

Abortion rates have hit a historic low in wealthy countries - but at what cost?

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - To put it bluntly, abortion rates have dropped due to a rise in the use of contraceptives, not because more women have decided that murdering their children is morally wrong.

Gone are the days when young men and women saved themselves for the man or woman they would marry. So, too, are the days when life was cherished.

According to a study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the anti-life front organization, the Guttmacher Institute, "the abortion declined primarily because of fewer unintended pregnancies, and not because fewer women decided to end an unwanted pregnancy. Improved contraceptive use is likely the key driver of the decline."

(Note, there is no such thing an an "unintended pregnancy, as God intends and wants every life He creates.)

One of the Ten Commandments tells us not to kill, but if more Bible verses will help, look at Genesis 9:6: "He who sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God was man created."

The Bible also explains that life begins at the moment of conceptions. See Jeremiah 1:5, which reads: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you; I appointed you as prophet to the nations."

Why would God say He created a person before they were formed in the womb if they were not life?

Apparently, God's Word isn't enough to convince people - even Catholics and other religious peoples - that life is sacred and begins at the moment of conception.

What if the person God destined to unite the nations under the banner of Christ never had a chance to be born because his or her father wore a condom? What if the person meant to cure cancer was aborted?

Though a lull in abortions is good news, it comes at the same price as before -- usually just a different form of murder. In the end, life is either extinguished or never given a chance.

Bela Ganatra, a WHO scientist working on the study, explained $300 million is spent annually on unsafe abortions.

As expected, scientists pay attention to the dollar amount associated with these murders.

Beating abortion with contraceptives isn't beating the number of murders legally performed each day - it's simply exchanging one form of sin and death for another.

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