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Wed, Jan 11, 2012
Randy Alcorn
Prolife
abortion, prc, pregnancy

Q&A: Supporting Pregnancy Resource Centers

These questions are excerpted from an interview with Larry Gadbaugh, CEO of Portland (Oregon) Pregnancy Resource Center.

You were a busy pastor back in 1984. Why did you get involved in helping a pregnancy resource center get established in Portland?

God was preparing Nanci and me back in 1980. We opened our home to a pregnant teenager who previously had a late-term saline abortion. She lived with us almost a year, had her baby and placed him up for adoption.

Tue, Jan 10, 2012
Randy Alcorn
Prolife
abortion

What do you think is the biggest obstacle for Christians to overcome in facing the abortion issue?

We struggle to dispel the illusion that grace means that we should not talk about the hard issues. Our doctrine of grace has been distorted by the culture’s dogma of tolerance. A number of Christians have told me, “I think it’s cruel to bring up the subject of abortion.” Does that also apply to adultery? Stealing? Murder? By talking about abortion now in our churches—with grace and truth—aren’t we helping to prevent abortion and offering forgiveness and healing to women and men who are suffering in silence? We must model how to address the painful ...

Do babies conceived by mothers on the Pill have weaknesses or abnormalities?

Question from a reader:

I was wondering if born babies conceived by mothers on the Pill have any weaknesses or abnormalities since they grew in a compromised womb, or, to use you analogy, poor soil.

Answer from Jessica Farnsworth, M.D.:

Pregnancies conceived while on the pill or shortly after stopping the pill have an increased risk of miscarriage. The question seems to be: What is the teratogenic (ability of a substance to cause a defect in a baby) potential of birth control pills? The older, higher doses of birth control pills were associated with several birth defects. Now that ...

Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Linda Jeffries
Prolife
adoption

Can you offer any encouragement for navigating the process of adoption?

Question from a reader:

I’m very discouraged as we have been trying to adopt for quite some time and keep facing major setbacks, especially related to finances. Do you have any words of encouragement?

Fri, Dec 30, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Prolife
abortion

What is your opinion of church leadership preventing the congregation from being exposed to the truth of abortion through the use of pictures?

Question from a reader:

What is your opinion of church leadership preventing the congregation from being exposed to the truth of abortion through the use of pictures?

Thu, Dec 22, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Prolife
abortion, judgmental

How do you deal with being told you are judgmental for speaking out against abortion?

Question from a reader:

Randy, do people tell you that you are judgmental because you are so outspoken about abortion? How do you deal with it? Do you let it just roll off your back?