Question and answers
Courtesy of R. Albert Mohler-- his answer to the following question: "Would You Explain Why Many Evangelicals Were Confused About Abortion When Roe Was Handed Down? " Finally, a question coming from Malachi, who in this context is a grand old man in his mid-40s, according to the email. He's looking at the fact that in the United States, before Roe v. Wade, and for that matter, in the years immediately following Roe v. Wade, it was clear that many Protestant Christians, many evangelical Christians hadn't thought through the abortion issue at all. He's asking, "Why? What made the change?" Well, I think I can answer this pretty quickly. You're right, Roman Catholics, given Roman Catholic teaching and struggle with this issue, frankly, in other cultural contexts have prepared them to deal with this issue, when most evangelicals were unprepared. Furthermore, the issue of abortion, as you're looking at the United States, before Roe v. Wade was reall