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A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site in Munich on Wednesday, injuring

four people, one of them seriously.

According to the Associated Press, such bombs are still found frequently in Germany, 76

years after the end of the war.

This is just one way events in the past can still profoundly affect the present.

Another is the discovery in the U.S. Constitution of a right to abortion by seven members of the Supreme

Court in 1973. Since that time, more than 62 million babies have been aborted in the U.S.

41 times more babies die from abortion each day than from all other causes combined.

In response to Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing that could determine the future of legalized abortion in the U.S.,

I have defended on biblical, scientific,

and secular grounds my assertion that abortion takes a human life. Today, we'll take up my second claim,

that abortion should therefore be illegal. I am writing in today's daily article, for those who agree

with my first assertion, but question

the second. If you are in their number or know someone who is, I hope what follows will

persuade you to defend the cause of life with compassionate courage.

A few months ago, I was discussing the abortion issue on Equipped with Chris Brooks.

Brooks is a brilliant thinker and pastor and one of my favorite radio hosts.

During our conversation, a listener called in to make the statement,

I disagree personally with abortion, but I also believe it should be the decision of the mother

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