Rocky Mountain Lie

“No matter what the Supreme Court does in the future, people in Colorado will be able to choose when and if they have children.” This is a quote from Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado. Does Governor Polis know something we do not? Is the Supreme Court of the United States preparing to force citizens to have children?

The honorable governor made this statement when he signed Colorado’s abortion legislation into law. And he is using language borrowed from the bill itself, which reads, “There are social, moral, and economic benefits when people are able to decide whether and when to have children” (Section 1.1.b). But, this logic is a non-sequitur.

If the US Supreme Court upholds the Mississippi abortion ban, then people in Colorado will still be able to choose when and if they have children. Or, perhaps Governor Polis and the legislature assume the citizens of Colorado have not learned how pregnancy happens. 

Christians ought to note the Colorado bill contains language that could have horrifying consequences. It states, “a fertilized egg, embryo or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.” In other words, as long as the child is in the womb of its mother, the State of Colorado does not afford it any rights, especially not the right to life. Although the bill is careful to define “abortion,” “pregnancy,” and “public entity,” it does not venture to define a “fetus.”

Here’s where Christians should pay very careful attention. There is nothing in the bill defining when a “fertilized egg, embryo or fetus” transforms into a human being that does have “independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.” Without that definition, we must assume Colorado state legislators want no restrictions on the performance of an abortion up to and immediately after birth. This is the end game.

All Christians should keep this in mind as we watch state legislatures engage in the culture: sin is never satisfied. The legalization of morally corrupt policies will only evolve into more corrupt policies. Evil knows no boundaries and does not acknowledge restrictions. This is true in civics and it is true personally. 

As human beings, we have no trouble finding ways to sin against God. It’s restraining sin that gives us problems. We remember the words of the Apostle Paul, “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing” (Romans 7:19). The human heart is full of unimaginable evil. The proper role of the civil government is not to encourage that evil but to subdue it. Sadly, Colorado and many other states, have chosen to forsake this God-given responsibility and join in wickedness.