How do I justify Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ stance on abortion?

How do I justify Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ stance on abortion?  I was just asked that question, based on what I wrote in Do American Christians care about truth at all?  It's a really good question.  The truth is, I don't justify it.  I can't.  Abortion is wrong.  However, so many things we do are wrong.  How do we decide whether one is worse than another?  Or, for many people, how do we decide that one might be so bad that it dwarfs everything else?

To be honest, I used to have three of those "hot button" issues.  One was abortion.  The others - well, they'll follow in other articles.  Notice - those are past tense.  "was".  If I have a "hot button" issue today, it's about how we treat each other.  How one of God's children treats everyone and everything else in His creation. 

There are a number of reasons for my original "hot button" issues.  Also a number of reasons why they aren't anymore.  And a number of reasons why I care so much about we treat each other and how we maintain (or destroy) God's creation.  Although, how we care for each other has to be number one.  How we treat this world we live in is partly doing what God charged Adam and Eve with - and very much because of the impact our actions have on people because of what we're doing to this planet we live on.

So let me go through those issues.  As I do, remember, this is my life, my background, where I'm at right now, and what I believe the Bible is telling us.  It's OK for you to disagree.  It's not for me to judge anyone.  But I do feel it is for me to express my beliefs about what the Bible says.  Just don't hate.

A message about and from a women's center

But first, I want to share something with you.  Just before the COVID shutdowns began here in California, I visited a women's center.  They were like everything I thought a center like this should be.  Caring.  Loving.  No judgment.  Just kind help.  I was so impressed.  It was Options Women's Center in La Puente.  Their Director, Shannon, sent me the following to include in this article.

"At Options, we provide support services to women with unplanned pregnancies in a compassionate and respectful environment. We believe in helping women holistically which means we care about their emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. We find that most women who say they need an abortion don’t actually want one but feel like they have no choice at all. Our purpose is to help such women, such families, find hope in their circumstance and for their future.

Part of the Options culture is a strong sense of family. Many women served have described stepping into Options as feeling like home, like family. Often, we are the first people to find out about a pregnancy, something that is typically shared with intimate family members. Sometimes, women feel they wouldn’t have the support of their family if they found out about the pregnancy or are hesitant to share the pregnancy with family because of fear of disappointment. We have the great honor of being in that moment, offering the support that would typically come from a family member. Options has welcomed babies at the hospital, celebrated 1st Birthdays, marriages, graduations, many significant events in the lives of the families served by Options. We are working alongside a community of people who are creating this family culture by committing to these women and their precious children. We believe that as the community rises up to provide help and hope in the midst of the unplanned, we truly will see a culture that values and protects human life."

Options will, if desired, pray for and with people.  It's not required.  No pressure.  It's just what they do and one wat they show their love.

As a Christian, I believe this is how we should approach the abortion issue.  Not with judgment, legal challenges and sometimes even hatred.  Rather, we should do as Jesus did, and do all things in love.