OPINION (FW) – In light of the passing of an Illinois bill that openly repeals the state’s ban on partial-birth abortion, a local pastor has gone before the State House to rebuke the state for its sins. The “Reproductive Health Act” permits abortions up to nine months and also requires insurance companies to provide coverage. Many have interpreted the bill as even more extreme than the New York “late-term” abortion provision that was passed at the start of the year, which many coined as unadulterated “infanticide.” In addition to
the late-term allowance, the Illinois bill also provides no abortion coverage exemptions for churches, religious nonprofits, or pro-life individuals and small business owners. Speaking before the Senate House, and utterly disgusted by the new law, Pastor Corey Musgrave, of the New Beginnings Church in Fairfield, did not hold back. “God, we have made our appeals to the leaders of Illinois this week on behalf of those innocent babies who do not yet have a voice,” he declared. “We have been a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves as You have commanded us. Those appeals were denied, but we have one final appeal left and that is to the courts of Heaven.” READ MORE
