If you oppose abortion, then...

Make sure that you are not unwittingly supporting abortion. People who use the Pill or IUD are supporting it (see this detailed article if you don't believe it). People who give to the United Way or Planned Parenthood are supporting it. People who refer pregnant women to "crisis pregnancy centers" without checking to ensure the centers aren't pro-abortion are supporting it (ask them straight, "Could you advise me to get an abortion?"; if they answer "yes", it's the wrong place to send anyone). People who don't consistently vote against it in state and national elections are supporting it.

Consider the many ways you can help make a difference in the face of our nation. Support the pro-life movement financially, with words of encouragement and with a good word to your family, friends, neighbors and co-workders. Let them all know where you stand. Don't be ashamed of it. Let it show with bumper stickers, T-shirts, signs and your own humility, reverence and attitude towards the sanctity of life.

Develop a mindset and theology that permit you to act against it. Many people believe that issues like abortion are not the "core issues" they should invest their time, energy and money in. Get over that thought.

The Word of God tells us we have a sacred duty to protect the weak, which throughout all time has included the unborn:

Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked. Exodus 23:7

Thus says the LORD: "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3

Many people believe that what happens in government is no business of theirs. They forget they have the distinct privilege and duty to elect those very people into office, pray for them and inform them of ways in which to make the country a better country, safe even for the unborn.

On a personal level, or on a national level, the only proper response to abortion is repentance. Daniel the prophet of Israel was a devout man who ascended to a high position in the government of Babylon, because of his unswerving faithfulness to God. Nevertheless, he realized how greatly his own people Israel had sinned against God, which brought severe judgment upon their nation in which millions were killed and thousands who remained alive were carried away in captivity to Babylon; he was one such captive. Knowing God's punishment was deserved by the whole nation, and even though he himself was blameless and innocent of these sins, he prayed in repentance for his nation. Read Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:3-19) on Bible Gateway

God calls us to repentance on the basis of community. Joel the prophet of Israel gives us one of the best models of corporate repentance contained in the Bible. These are the Lord's instructions to us in time of grave national crisis, and the blessings He promises if we truly turn to Him as a people (Joel 2:12-19 NKJV).

A Call to Repentance
¹² "Now, therefore," says the LORD,
        "Turn to Me with all your heart,
        With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."
        ¹³ So rend your heart, and not your garments;
        Return to the LORD your God,
        For He is gracious and merciful,
        Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
        And He relents from doing harm.
        ¹⁴ Who knows if He will turn and relent,
        And leave a blessing behind Him--
        A grain offering and a drink offering
        For the LORD your God?

        ¹⁵ Blow the trumpet in Zion,
        Consecrate a fast,
        Call a sacred assembly;
        ¹⁶ Gather the people,
        Sanctify the congregation,
        Assemble the elders,
        Gather the children and nursing babes;
        Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
        And the bride from her dressing room.
        ¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister to the LORD,
        Weep between the porch and the altar;
        Let them say, "Spare Your people, O LORD,
        And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
        That the nations should rule over them.
        Why should they say among the peoples,
        "Where is their God?"'

The Land Refreshed
¹⁸ Then the LORD will be zealous for His land,
        And pity His people.
        ¹⁹ The LORD will answer and say to His people,
        "Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil,
        And you will be satisfied by them;
        I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.

What then will be the response of our nation?
What will your individual response be?