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Every abortion begins with a leap of faith—not the faith that trusts in God’s sovereign provision, but a dark faith that trusts in outcomes no one can guarantee, that bets a child’s life on a future that remains fundamentally unknowable. Women are told that abortion is the logical, scientific, pragmatic choice in the face of an unplanned pregnancy. Yet strip away the clinical language and procedural euphemisms, and what remains is a profoundly religious act: a sacrifice made on the altar of fear, offered to the god of self-determination, rooted entirely in faith that everything will somehow turn out well.

This is not the faith that moves mountains or casts out demons. This is the faith that denies reality, silences conscience, and rationalizes the killing of an innocent human being in exchange for the illusion of control over an uncontrollable future. It is, at its core, an act of faith in Satan—the father of lies who promises freedom through death and security through blood.

Abortion as an Act of Faith in the Unknown Future

Nearly 70% of women who have had abortions describe their abortions as coerced, unwanted, or inconsistent with their own values and preferences, yet they proceed anyway, driven by the belief that ending a life now will secure something better later. This is faith—not in God’s ability to provide, but in one’s own ability to engineer happiness by eliminating an inconvenient human being. The abortion decision rests entirely on unprovable assumptions about the future: that finances will stabilize, that relationships will improve, that education or career goals will be achievable—but only if the child dies first.

Women seeking abortion commonly report fears about procedure, pain, and future consequences, yet proceed despite these fears, demonstrating that abortion is fundamentally a fear-driven decision cloaked in the language of empowerment. The woman facing an unplanned pregnancy is asked to place her faith in claims that cannot be verified: that her life will be better without this child, that she will not experience lasting regret, that the mental and physical toll will be minimal, that her future fertility will remain intact, and that she will successfully avoid the documented psychological consequences that haunt so many post-abortive women.

This is a leap of faith into darkness. No ultrasound can show you whether you’ll regret this decision in five years. No counselor can guarantee your boyfriend will stay. No career advisor can promise that killing your child will actually secure the promotion you’re hoping for. The entire decision is an act of faith—faith that sacrificing an innocent human life on the altar of your preferred future will somehow bring the peace and prosperity you seek.

The Faith Required to Deny the Humanity of the Unborn

The pro-abortion position claims to be grounded in science and reason, yet it requires extraordinary faith to maintain its central tenet: that the developing child in the womb is not a human being worthy of protection. Despite clear biological evidence that human life begins at conception, and that the unborn child possesses unique DNA, a beating heart by six weeks, measurable brain activity, and the capacity to feel pain, the abortion advocate must exercise profound faith in the belief that personhood is somehow conferred by location, development, or social recognition rather than inherent biological reality.

This willful blindness requires six major rationalizations identified by philosopher J. Budziszewski. Women who abort must convince themselves that their act is (1) not deliberate, (2) not taking anything of value, (3) not harming the innocent, (4) not killing a human, (5) not ending a life, or (6) morally permissible despite being wrong. Each rationalization demands a leap of faith against observable reality.

Consider the faith required to look at an ultrasound image—showing a tiny human with fingers, toes, and a beating heart—and declare with religious certainty that this is merely “tissue” or a “clump of cells” rather than what every biological marker confirms: a distinct, living, developing human being. This is not science. This is faith—blind faith in a narrative designed to quiet the conscience and justify the unjustifiable.

The psychological architecture of abortion justification reveals sophisticated mental gymnastics where individuals deactivate moral standards through euphemistic labeling (“reproductive choice,” “healthcare”), moral justification (“preventing suffering”), and victim dehumanization (“fetus,” “products of conception”). These mechanisms require enormous faith in lies that contradict both scientific evidence and natural conscience.

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The Faith That Abortion Will Bring Relief and Peace

One of abortion’s cruelest deceptions is the promise of relief. Women are told they will feel better, lighter, freer once the “problem” is solved. Yet this promise is entirely faith-based, contradicted by mountains of evidence showing the opposite outcome for many women.

Research reveals that at least one-third of post-abortion women experience psychological side effects, with depression, anxiety about future fertility, and abnormal eating behaviors reported as dominant consequences. Additional studies document that abortion is associated with increased risk of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse, with some research finding women who had abortions showing a 74% greater risk of mental health hospitalization after five years.

The faith required to believe abortion brings lasting peace is contradicted by the lived experiences of millions of women. While 41% of women report feeling regret about their abortion even one week later, and although high levels of regret (41-66%), sadness (64-74%), guilt (53-63%), and anger (31-43%) are documented in post-abortion women, they are asked to exercise faith that their case will be different, that they will be among the minority who escape these consequences.

This is not science-based decision-making. This is faith in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence—faith that ignores the testimony of countless women whose relief was temporary and whose regret became permanent.

The Dark Faith That Ignores Physical Consequences

Beyond the psychological toll, abortion demands faith that physical consequences will be minimal or nonexistent. Women are assured that abortion is “safe as Tylenol,” yet this claim requires blind faith in marketing rather than medical reality.

While most studies show limited long-term physical complications from first-trimester abortion, documented risks include infection, hemorrhage, damage to the uterus, incomplete abortion, and pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to infertility or ectopic pregnancy. Surgical abortion carries risks of very heavy bleeding, infection, injury to the uterus or cervix, and Asherman syndrome (uterine scarring).

More troubling is emerging evidence linking abortion to broader health consequences. Research shows that mothers in states that banned abortion were nearly twice as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after, suggesting complex relationships between abortion access, healthcare quality, and maternal outcomes that abortion advocates rarely acknowledge. Maternal death rates in abortion-restriction states were 62% higher than in states with greater abortion access, though this correlation reflects multiple factors including overall healthcare infrastructure.

The abortion industry demands faith in incomplete data and carefully curated studies that minimize risks while maximizing the appearance of safety. Women are asked to believe that their bodies will recover without complication, that future fertility will remain unaffected, and that the violent removal or chemical expulsion of a developing human being will leave no lasting mark. This is not informed consent. This is faith in propaganda.

The Satanic Faith Behind Abortion’s Human Sacrifice

The comparison between abortion and ancient child sacrifice is not hyperbolic—it is historically and theologically sound. Both practices involve parents deliberately killing their own offspring. Both are driven by socioeconomic concerns and the desire to avert potential dangers while gaining success in self-serving endeavors. Both involve killing the innocent to secure benefits for the guilty.

Church Father Tertullian recognized this parallel in the second century, writing: “For us murder is once for all forbidden; so even the child in the womb, while yet the mother’s blood is still being drawn on to form the human being, it is not lawful to destroy. To forbid birth is only quicker murder.”

The ancient Canaanites sacrificed children to Molech, believing the god would grant them prosperity, protection, and success. Modern women sacrifice children to the god of career, convenience, and control—exercising faith that this blood offering will purchase the future they desire. Abortion is the Antichrist’s demonic parody of the Eucharist, as theologian Peter Kreeft observed: “That’s why it uses the same holy words, ‘This is my body,’ with the blasphemous opposite meaning.”

Both pagan child sacrifice and modern abortion are from the devil. Scripture declares, “They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons” (Psalm 106:37). The spiritual forces behind abortion are the same demonic powers that demanded child sacrifice in ancient Canaan. The methodology has changed—from bronze altars to sterile clinics—but the spiritual reality remains: abortion is spiritual warfare, with Satan working to destroy God’s image-bearers before they draw their first breath.

The Satanic Temple has made this connection explicit by creating a formal “Satanic Abortion Ritual” that frames abortion as a religious act. While The Satanic Temple claims not to believe in a literal Satan, they are nevertheless doing Satan’s work—serving a literal devil they don’t believe in by facilitating the killing of children under the banner of Satanism.

Every abortion is an act of faith in Satan’s oldest lie: that death brings freedom, that evil produces good, and that we can be as God, determining for ourselves who lives and who dies.

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The Deadly Faith of Coercion and Pressure

Overall, 61% of women reported high levels of pressure to abort on at least one scale, revealing that many abortions are not truly the “free choice” abortion advocates claim. Women exercise misplaced faith when they believe that submitting to coercion will preserve relationships, maintain family approval, or avoid abandonment by partners who threaten to leave unless the child is eliminated.

Nearly 70% of women with a history of abortion describe their abortions as inconsistent with their own values and preferences, with one in four describing their abortions as unwanted or coerced. These women exercised faith in the lie that abortion was their only option, that no support would materialize, that carrying to term would be impossible. More than 240,000 women procure unwanted or coerced abortions every year in the United States alone, each one representing a woman who placed her faith in fear rather than in the God who sees, provides, and redeems.

The abortion industry depends on women having faith in scarcity rather than abundance, faith in isolation rather than community, and faith in the lie that a child is an enemy to be destroyed rather than a blessing to be received. This is not empowerment. This is exploitation masquerading as liberation.

The Consequences No Faith Can Prevent: A Dead Innocent Human

The ultimate consequence of abortion—the one that requires the most comprehensive self-deception and the darkest faith to rationalize—is the death of an innocent human being. Abortion accounted for 45.1 million deaths worldwide in 2024, representing 42% of all human deaths globally. This staggering body count reveals abortion as the worst genocide in human history.

No amount of faith can change this reality. No rationalization can resurrect the dead. No euphemism can transform killing into healthcare. Every abortion ends a unique, unrepeatable human life—a life with its own DNA, its own fingerprints, its own eternal destiny. The woman who aborts exercises faith that this death doesn’t matter, that this life had no value, that this image-bearer of God was disposable. But this faith is built on lies that crumble under the weight of truth.

The horror of abortion is not merely that it kills—it is that it asks women to exercise faith against their own deepest instincts, against biological reality, against moral conscience, and ultimately against God Himself. God certainly intended to create a human being, and this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of life. To participate in abortion is to exercise faith in the lie that human beings have the authority to determine which lives have value and which can be destroyed—placing ourselves in the seat of God.

Every abortion ends with blood on someone’s hands. The woman’s. The doctor’s. The boyfriend’s. The parents’. The friends who drove her to the clinic. The society that normalized the killing. All participants exercise faith that this blood will wash off easily, that conscience can be silenced, that God will not hold them accountable. But abortion is spiritual warfare, and Satan uses it to steal, kill, and destroy—stealing joy from women, killing babies in what should be the safest place on earth, and destroying families, futures, and faith.

Faith in Jesus: The Only Path to True Freedom

The good news is that there is another faith available—one that doesn’t demand the blood of the innocent, one that offers forgiveness to the guilty, and one that can genuinely deliver on its promises of peace, restoration, and abundant life.

Jesus Christ offers Himself as the sacrifice that ends all sacrifices. His blood cleanses every sin—including abortion—for those who repent and believe. The woman who has aborted, the man who pressured her, the doctor who performed the procedure, the parent who coerced her, the friend who drove her to the clinic—all can be forgiven through faith in Christ. This is not the dark faith of abortion that trusts in lies and ends in death. This is saving faith that trusts in Truth Himself and leads to eternal life.

Core Christian values provide a moral compass that guides us in making ethical decisions, recognizing that children are a blessing from the Lord and that loving nurture is the godly response toward offspring. The Christian faith teaches that God is sovereign over conception, that He numbers our days before one of them comes to be, and that He works all things together for good for those who love Him. This is a faith worth exercising—a faith grounded in the character of a God who has proven Himself faithful through millennia of human history.

For the woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, Christian faith offers a radically different path: faith that God sees her situation, faith that He will provide, faith that her child is not an enemy but a gift, and faith that choosing life—even when it’s hard—leads to blessings she cannot yet see. This faith doesn’t guarantee an easy road, but it promises a God who walks with her, a community that supports her, and a future built on truth rather than lies.

For the post-abortive woman drowning in regret, Christian faith offers the only real hope: that the same Jesus who forgave the woman caught in adultery, who ate with tax collectors and sinners, who promised paradise to a dying thief—that this Jesus extends forgiveness to her as well. His blood covers her sin. His righteousness replaces her guilt. His peace transcends her trauma. But this forgiveness comes through repentance and faith in Christ alone, not through positive thinking or self-forgiveness or any other substitute savior.

Conclusion: Choose Faith in the Author of Life, Not the Father of Death

Abortion is, from beginning to end, an act of faith. It requires faith in unprovable assumptions about the future, faith that denies observable biological reality, faith that contradicts overwhelming evidence of harm, faith that ignores the testimony of millions of wounded women, and ultimately, faith in Satan’s lie that death brings freedom and that we can be as God, determining for ourselves who lives and who dies.

The question is not whether you will exercise faith—the question is in whom you will place your faith. Will you trust the father of lies who promises peace through blood sacrifice but delivers only death, regret, and separation from God? Or will you trust the Author of Life who promises that those who come to Him He will never cast out, who offers forgiveness for every sin, and who works all things together for good for those who love Him?

Every decision in life—including financial decisions—reflects what we truly believe and whom we truly serve. Pro-Life Payments exists to help individuals and organizations align their financial transactions with their pro-life convictions, turning every swipe into support for life rather than death. When you process payments through Pro-Life Payments, 15% of gross revenue goes directly to pro-life organizations helping women choose life, supporting mothers in crisis, and saving babies from abortion.

This is faith in action—faith that invests in life rather than death, faith that supports women rather than exploiting them, and faith that stands against the culture of death by redirecting financial resources toward the Kingdom of God. Abortion is an act of faith in Satan. Choosing life—and choosing life-affirming financial partners—is an act of faith in God.

The choice is yours. Choose life. Choose faith in Jesus. And choose to align every area of your life—including your finances—with the One who is Truth, who offers freedom, and who alone can deliver on the promise of peace that transcends understanding.