Abortion Abolitionists Turn On 'Pro-Life Elites'

The way Florida Southern Baptist pastor Tom Ascol sees it, there is little difference between a woman who chooses to end her pregnancy and a hit man. Both pay someone to end a human life, his argument goes, and so both should face criminal charges. "It's like saying if I don't murder someone, but I just contracted a murderer to murder someone I'm not culpable," he told Christian radio host Jeff Schreve. The analogy is not uncommon — Pope Francis has made similar "hit man" comments — Ascol also believes that women who have abortions should be charged with homicide and face potential jail time. And Ascol criticizes "pro-life industry elites," who, he says, get in the way of ending abortion in America. Read more...


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