A long time ago, I began to wonder: Would the generation that ushered in legalized abortion be ushered out by legalized euthanasia? Maybe… because so many of the people that could have supported us in our senior years are missing.
Since 1973, over 50 million babies have been aborted in the U.S. alone. What is the impact of so many missing persons? So many heads to think? Hearts to love? Hands to serve?
There are approximately 76 million in my generation of babyboomers. There are only 17 million of my sons’ generation. (Can you get your arms around that one?)
Ask anyone in my family and they’ll tell you I’m not good with numbers. But, with some 2008 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Social Security Administration, Guttmacher Institute, and National Center for Health Statistics, I’ve got some big numbers for your consideration. If abortion had not been legalized in 1973 . . .
- 17,250,839 more people would have been employed
- $398,900,760,733 earned by those employees
- $11,105,397,179 contributed to Medicare
- $47,485,146,558 contributed to Social Security
- 3,432,000 more retired workers could receive average monthly social security benefit check
- 2,165,707 more people could receive Medicare Hospital Insurance
What is the economic impact of abortion? What do 50 million + missing persons mean? It has been said that the basis of any economy is its population, or human element. Consider that the parents of 50 million children are not shopping for diapers, toys, or school books. 50 million children won’t require teachers. 50 million children won’t grow up to work, spend, save, marry, start families, build houses, invest wages, be innovative or use their skills. 50 million children won’t become adults who pay taxes. 50 million children won’t think, love or serve.
Perhaps, in missing these persons, we will be sorry and ask for forgiveness. A Cross beckons us to journey from hopelessness to hopefulness. From deception to truth. From death to life. When I look at my grandchildren, I see the promise. I see heads to think. Hearts to love. Hands to serve.
It’s true that the consequences of our sins carry to the third and fourth generations. But, God’s mercy in Christ is to thousands of generations that love Him.
(I am grateful to my friend, Chuck Asay,
for his editorial cartoon.)
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