It's Thursday, January 8, 2006. I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Sometimes it's really interesting to see how the culture of death seeks to make its point, or even to communicate its message. So let's consider the

fact that just this week, the Washington Post ran a major article with the headline states where

abortion is legal, banned, or under threat. That's not a neutral headline. When you use the phrase

under threat, or even when you just juxtapose legal

and banned, you're clearly raising the moral stakes. But when you describe the three options as

legal banned or under threat, it's really clear that this is coming from a pro-abortion perspective.

It's not even hidden. If you describe abortion rights as,

quote, under threat, well, you have already told us exactly where you stand. No real surprise here

when it comes to the Washington Post, but here's how the article by a team of reporters begins.

Quote, access to abortion remains a patchwork of state-by-state policies nearly three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,

with abortion restricted across most of the southern United States.

Now, as a matter of fact, they provide a map, and you know what?

The map is really interesting.

And you are indeed looking at the south.

Most particularly, you're looking at the south and the Southeast in terms of abortion restrictions.

It is the very heart of what has been described as the Bible Belt in the United States,

which just goes to prove the worldview point that theology, theological disposition,

Christian worldview, and the question of abortion are inextricably linked.

You can even map it on the map of the United States of America.

That very solid pro-life position in the South points to the fact that Virginia and North Carolina

are the outliers here, much less pro-life than the rest of the solid South.

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