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Surely you have heard of the newly-released videos documenting Planned Parenthood's alleged sale of body parts of the unborn babies whom they murder. The videos are quite horrifying. In the first video, Dr. Nucatola, a senior director of medical services for Planned Parenthood, is sipping wine and eating salad as she casually talks about carefully crushing babies within their mothers' wombs so as to keep certain parts intact for later (apparent) sale. In the second video, Dr. Mary Gatter, President of Planned Parenthood's Medical Director's Council, haggles over the price of baby parts, wanting to make sure she gets at least market price, and joking that she wants a Lamborghini. Utterly disturbing. Not everyone is so disturbed, however. Many media reports defend Planned Parenthood, as usual. What seems to be the problem?
The problem is a problem of the heart. Dr. Nucatola and Dr. Gatter's hearts have become so hardened that they can harvest the organs of babies and talk about it over lunch. Thousands of stony hearts have lost sight of the humanity and dignity of the unborn child, resulting in laws that put us in such an ironic situation--we cannot take someone to court for actually murdering babies, but we can take them to court for selling the remains of the victims. The last 42 years of legalized abortion in our country have desensitized us all--yes, many of us "pro-lifers," too.
How have we responded to the latest news about the fate of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters? Do we simply read the news and hope that the government will do something about it? Or have we asked God to open our hearts and show us the horror going on around us? Have we asked God to show us how His heart breaks over the death of his little ones and the spiritual death of those involved? Or are we afraid to really feel that much pain? Are we afraid that God would ask too much of us if we let Him reveal His pain to us?
Let us respond to this latest scandal by praying for ourselves, for Drs. Nucatola and Gatter, and for all those involved in abortion, that God will "remove [our] hearts of stone, and give [us] hearts of flesh" (Ezekiel, 11:19). And yes, we will feel pain. But with hearts of flesh, we will be able to love. And it is in loving that we find true joy.
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