{"id":5691,"date":"2013-02-13T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=5691"},"modified":"2013-02-13T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:38:00","slug":"children-obey-your-parents-but-what-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=5691","title":{"rendered":""Children, Obey Your Parents." But What If…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I believe that, generally speaking, parents have both the right and responsibility to determine the health care of their minor children. The case of abortion<\/a>, however, adds a additional life to the equation and makes it more difficult.<\/p>\n

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A pregnant teenager in Houston, Texas, is suing her parents, claiming that they are trying to coerce her to have an abortion. The 16-year-old, who is reportedly two months pregnant, is being represented by the Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL), a pro-life legal organization. For now, the girl and her unborn child are protected by a temporary restraining order, but the battle is far from over.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a poser: The Bible exhorts children to obey their parents. The parents are telling the child to have a legal medical procedure. As the child, you want to obey your parents, and yet don’t want to abort your baby, both Biblically-based beliefs. There are times when we disobey the civil law to follow the moral law, but these are two moral laws. <\/p>\n

Tough decision, but I think I support the 16-year-old. What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I believe that, generally speaking, parents have both the right and responsibility to determine the health care of their minor children. The case of abortion, however, adds a additional life to the equation and makes it more difficult. A pregnant teenager in Houston, Texas, is suing her parents, claiming that they are trying to coerce […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,30,9,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity","category-doug","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t