Execute Special Needs Children?
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Watch this newest video of a mother making a statement about special needs children before the Phoenix City Council. This is a moving and heartwarming video that needs to be shared. Let's make this a viral video, friends.
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- 00:06
- Good afternoon. My name is Crystal Marshall. I'm a follower of Jesus Christ, a local resident, a wife, and a mother to three daughters.
- 00:14
- I come to you today as a voice for the pre -born desiring justice for the defenseless, something that you swore to do when you took your position in leadership.
- 00:22
- I'm pleading with you to fight for your pre -born citizens. Proverbs 24, 11 to 12 says, rescue those who are being taken away to death.
- 00:30
- Hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, behold, we did not know this, does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
- 00:40
- Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay man according to his work?
- 00:46
- So I ask you, council members, does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? The Lord sees your hearts and your maker is whom you should fear.
- 00:55
- The Bible says in Romans 1 and 2 that God has revealed himself to us in creation all around us, and he has written his law on our hearts.
- 01:03
- I'm not here today to convince you of the God of the Bible. He has already revealed himself to us all. God's word is the only objective standard of truth, and anything that does not line up with it should be immediately thrown out.
- 01:15
- Today I'd like to address the argument that abortions should be okay for medically frail babies, essentially that some babies are okay to kill because they have health issues.
- 01:24
- Psalm 139 .13 says about God, for you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
- 01:32
- Every child is given life by God. It is not our right to destroy innocent life based on fear, preference, or our perception of quality of life.
- 01:41
- A child in the womb with a diagnosis is no less valuable than any other child, and it is a command of God not to murder,
- 01:46
- Exodus 20 .13. Doctors cannot play the role of God in determining the value of life in the womb, nor can they command parents.
- 01:54
- When a diagnosis is given, that child deserves to be fought for with equal value as any other human being created in the image of God.
- 02:01
- Raising a special needs child isn't easy. I should know. My daughter was diagnosed with spina bifida at 20 weeks in my womb.
- 02:09
- My husband and I were told that we could kill her if we wanted, based on her projected future of difficulties. Today our daughter is four years old and is the joy of our lives.
- 02:19
- This is her. The doctors were alarmingly off with their predictions, and even if they weren't, it doesn't make her any less valuable.
- 02:28
- Having your baby killed because they're diagnosed in the womb won't save you any heartache. We joyfully celebrate her birthday every year instead of mournfully acknowledging the date we had her murdered because we couldn't bear to fulfill our duties as a parent to a child with a disability.
- 02:42
- All glory be to God. A medical diagnosis can be difficult, but murder is not the solution. Arizona Statute 13 -3603 makes it already against the law to kill the pre -born in our state.
- 02:54
- Therefore, please uphold your duty as a lower magistrate and resist the tyranny of a higher magistrate, an unjust law, by declaring