The program is called “Across State Lines,” and it's asking certain red-state SBC conventions to help pro-life efforts in blue states.
ERLC Interim President Gary Hollingsworth explains.
“Across State Lines was just our effort to get some of our larger state conventions partnering with other state conventions, particularly some of those liberal ones, as far as their abortion stance.”
He says when Roe v Wade was overturned the pro-life battle moved to the states. Conservative states put increasing restrictions on the taking of unborn life, while liberal states were making abortions easier to get.
“There have been many who, every year, are now trying to codify abortion as a right within their state constitutions,” Hollingsworth said.
Ultrasound machines are key in helping an abortion-minded woman choose life, he said.
“When they see that baby so clearly on an ultrasound, there's a greater likelihood that that woman will not abort and that they will give birth.”
Twice as likely, according to Focus on the Family. Hollingsworth says an ultrasound machine will run somewhere between $40-45,000. Already some state conventions are stepping up to the plate.
“Texas Baptists, for example, have placed one in New Mexico. Alabama Baptists recently placed one in Alaska and also in New England as well,” Hollingsworth said.
Go to ERLC.com/AcrossStateLines to find out more.
