Kristi Burton: Defending the Rights of the Unborn

That is incredible what Kristi been doing! Thank you!

That is so amazing. I live in Washington so I can’t do much about Colorado but that video has really given me a vision. I will give it my best shot to replicate that exact same movement up here. Thanks Kristi and Alex and Brett for posting this spectacular video!

Wow! This just goes to show that nothing is impossible with God on your side. =D

Keep up your hard work Kristi! I’ll be praying!

In Christ alone,
Rebecca Whitpan

Wow!!! It is amazing what God is doing. I will be praying for you, Kristi and everything that you are doing. God is working and I can’t wait to see what happens.
In Christ,
Rebeca

Wow, that is awesome. We were just discussing (partly debating) abortion in my Political Science class this morning… I attempted to make the same point that “a person is a person.” As open as my classmates are to listening, they are also set in their beliefs. So, unfortunately for the most part, it fell on deaf ears.
This is so awesome though. I’ll definitely be praying for this.

I got goose bumps watching this video. I live up in Canada, so I am not sure as to how to petition for something like this, but I am going to find out. This is so encouraging, and if this can happen in Colorado it can happen anywhere, including Canada!

This effort is so wonderful! I will definitly be praying, and hopefully there are other things we can do to help Kristi. She is definitly a blessing from God for the unborn.

Alex and Brett,

I know you are both really busy with college and I don’t want to bother you but I am very interested in abolishing abortion and I really want to see this video. For some reason my computer won’t load it. Could you guys tell me where else I might find it? If you can’t or if you just don’t have the time to answer me I perfectly understand.

God Bless!

Sarah.

Wow, praise God! Keep up the good work Kristi; and everyone else who works to protect the unborn!!

Alex and Bret, thanks so much for posting this. i was just like, wow. thats amazing!!! with love in Christ, Quinn Emery

Hi Kristi! I am so impressed with your work you are filled with the Holy Spirit. I will keep you in my prayers. Bless you my dear.

Katie

WOW. keep it up Kristi! that is so awesome.

Wow! If only this movement could spread nation, maybe even world wide! What a powerful and IMPORTANT message. I will be praying!

Hey Kristi
I am so encouraged by what God is doing through
your life as a young lady !
I also will be getting involved with a group at our church
to fight abortion. My brother has down syndrome, so the fact that
you are fighting against having children ( who are absolute joys! )
killed for the way God made them ! Its absolutly absurd! But even some people don’t treat these children ( who ARE born ) with respect and I want to raise awareness also that these people have worth
and a purpose and emotions and everything that they need to be a PERSON !!!!!! Every conceived , is every person !
Thank you so much for listening to God’s call for you !!!
Prayers !
Laura

Thanks, Alex and Brett, for this great post.

I just finished reading your book the other day, and “do hard things” has been weighing heavily on my mind. I want to be willing for God to use me, but the first step seems really hard. I’ve talked with my parents about it, and they told me to write down a list of hard things that I might be able to do. Fighting against abortion was on that list. It seems like such a huge goal, but according to Matthew, “…with God, nothing is impossible.” I believe that.

Kristi is doing amazing things. I agree wholeheartedly with what she is doing. The video was definitely emotionally stirring. It really painted a picture of people — Christians and non-Christians — joining hands, declaring that life is important. It doesn’t just begin when the child is born; it began before the beginning of time, when God thought about each and every one of us, and created us all. No human being should be considered as just a microscopic object that allegedly isn’t a person because it isn’t fully formed. I want to see a national law made against it.

Although I don’t live in Colorado, I’m sure God could use me to make a difference where I live. What can I do to help?

Thanks for the post! I watched the video and I was – and still am – so amazed. I will be praying and spreading the word.

God bless! =)

Kristi, that is amazing! You are glorifying God through what you do, and I’m sure he’s pleased. Keep it up and God will bless it and you beyond your wildest dreams 🙂 I’m praying for you, this world needs teens to start standing up against the brutality of abortion.

God bless, 🙂

Wow. That is so amazing. I kept getting the chills through that entire video. Like Caleb I live in Canada, so I’m not sure what I could do… besides send this video around to all my friends and maybe even make an LJ post about it. This is just… amazing. I really hope they pass this amendment.

In Christ
Char C.

Wow! I would love to help out with this!!!! It’s so amazing that someones doing something about a crisi that has killed more humans then Hitler did.

Thank you to Kristi for being a teen that stands up for what she knows is right. I praise God for what He has done through this wonderful servant of His. I pray that many more servants such as this young lady will pop up and that the world will wonder “What’s going on? Where did all of these young people come from.” The answer? From God, who prepared their hearts and gave them a passion for what they believe in.
SOLI DEO GLORIA

This is amazing! I had no idea that this was going on! I think abortion will go down just as slavery did, and our generation can defeat it! Kristi is in my prayers. God bless.

Wow! I’ll be praying and try to spread the word. Is there anything specific that Rebelutionaries can be doing together, besides giving to and supporting the Personhood movement? I mean, like signing something– we’ve got strength in numbers!– or, well, just some specific thing?
I am so excited about this movement!! Lord, let Your kingdom come and Your will be done!!!

Madeline & all:

If anyone is interested in some more pro-life ministries and gatherings, you might consider Bound 4 Life (www.bound4life.com) and The Call (www.thecall.com).

Thank you, Kristi, for your hard work and dedication on Colorado for Equal Rights.. God bless you!

~E.

This is so encouraging to hear and see how God can work through each person and how He wants to use us for others. Saving lives! Thank you Kristi for your example!!

Wow, what an incredible story!!!

Im praying for you guys!

This is truly amazing.

Kristi, I love that you are doing this & I am praying for you. You are a gift from God!

I have been a long time Pro-Life Teen & I participate in a silent protest every year against abrotion! I have never broken my silence when protesting & it honestly feels amazing by the end of the day.

Thank you Kristi for stepping out…unfortunitaly, i will not be able to vote just yet 🙁 ..i miss it by a few months, but if i could i would!

Allie:

I live in Maryland too. One thing I found is the Call for Life (www.monthlycallforlife.com). Every month on a set date (next is Oct. 3, 2008), you can either call or email our state representatives, governor, and the White House to let them know that we are pro-life and wish for them to end abortion. FYI: be sure to read the webpage http://www.monthlycallforlife.com/callforlife.htm in its entirety before contacting anyone on October 3.

This is AMAZING!!! Kristi, I support you TOTALLY with your God-given passion to end the “American genocide”, or at least, that’s what I call it. God bless you richly and may His hand of favor be upon you and all the people that work with you. God is so good and He is sooooo AMAZING!!!

Praise the Lord that yall are doing this! I live in Texas but am so excited about the work yall are doing in Colorado. My husband and I found out a little over a month ago that we are pregnant with conjoined twins although this has been a long month and a half we have been so blessed by what the Lord has been doing on our lives. Psalm 139:13-14 is one of our favorite verses right now For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. I pray that this amendment would be passed and form the time of conception the world starting with Colorado would know that a human life is being formed in the womb. I pray that babies lives would be saved through this work.
Thanks
Vanessa D

Hey, an idea (which I got from someone else, but it’s a good one.): would it be possible to take this thing out on a national level, rather than state by state? And, if so, how would one go about doing that? It’d be an amendment to the 14th amendment, making a “person a person no matter how small” (all in legal speak, of course). Any ideas?

Hey Elizabeth:

If this amendment is passed on the state level at Colorado, it could possibly be brought to the supreme court, where it could have the power of overturning Roe v.Wade. That is why this one initiative is so important.

Hey Allie and Hannah Y., I also live in Maryland and have contacted the MD State board of Elections. Maryland does grant certain civilian petition rights and I believe that means we could get a similar petition going here in MD. What I need to do now is figure out what to do next…lol. I have also contacted Krysti, and she has given me some helpful tips. If you two are interested in helping that would be great. My e-mail is [email protected], if you want to contact me.

God bless,
Jordan

4.) You can also begin by doing what you can individually, and learning more in the process — get practically and personally involved at your local pro-life crisis pregnancy clinic — these people save lives and you can help (regardless of your age or inexperience).

Call them up and tell them that you’d like to help — and ask what they need and where you can start.

5.) Educate yourself (from trusted Christian resources such as Abort73.com, etc.) and request that your pastor or youth leader present the truth on this topic to your church or small group — be and inspire others to be a voice for the voiceless.

You and I learned from someone what’s wrong about abortion and that is why we are pro-life today. It’s time for us to take up our the torches of truth passed to us and pass them on to others.

We need people who know in depth and can effectively articulate why we are pro-life, why its important to both Christians and non-christians that we have pro-life leaders for our country, and what still needs to be done to change hearts and laws.

And in addition to using logic and rhetoric to share the truth, we also need rebelutionaries to raise awareness in unexpected, heart-changing, creative, and effective ways. For example, write pro-life poetry and stories and the like or get some friends together and do an art project to benefit this cause. Generation Change, by Zach Hunter, has a great wealth of ideas for things like this.

6.) Lastly, ask questions, share your ideas, and pray to God to give you the strength to persevere. And be sure to dream big.

Go out there, find and ask people already active in the pro-life movement for creative ideas, ask God to help you to be creative in new ways — and share your ideas with people like us who are ready and wanting to Do Hard Things.

A lot of this is hard and the fight can be tough and even discouraging, but God always reminds me that all the hard things I could ever do or go through for the sake of the children could never compare with what one child would most definitely go through if I don’t speak out.

Dude!!!! Alex I loved you book. I am still reading it and untill the part that I have read it has been awesome. I can see christ acting through you and I feel amazed at the bunch of believers you have made for him.

Just a thought as I was watching this. South Dakota is voting this November on a law that would ban abortion in all cases except rape and incest. (They tried incest and rape included recently and it did not get through.) So that is making at least two states that are voting on something like that this year.

Wow. That’s so incredible!!!
Keep up the good work. I hope it encourages many others to do the same!!!

This is really incouraging. I live in Illinois and am hoping to help in some way as well.
Thanks!!!

Praise God! This is such an amazing opportunity. I am so happy to be in Colorado, and this is the first time I can vote. I can’t wait to vote YES!!!!!!

Just for clarification, is this intended actually to stop abortion in Colorado, or just as a step in that direction?

Penny, it has been forth with the the intent to help stop abortion in Colorado, but it really is just a step in that direction. However, in today’s day and age it’s an incredibly big step and I know took much time and self giving on the part of hundreds of citizens, and especially on the part of Kristi! God bless you Penny, and God bless you and your efforts Kristi!!!

amazing. keep up the good work!! thanks for posting this video Brett and Alex.

Wow! I know Kristi!

Penny – if you believe life begins at conception how can you think that abortion is ever okay? If life begins at conception (which it does) than abortion is murder. Right? That baby has as much right as the mother to live. It was (almost always) the mother’s choice to become pregnant. You cannot kill an innocent human being for doing nothing. That’s just as wrong as killing a new born baby…

RBMA – I agree with you that the baby and the mother have an equal right to life. You are also right that the mother’s choices are almost always what results in a pregnancy (with an emphasis on the almost). Unfortunately, there are some women who are unable to carry a baby to term safely. Certain psychological conditions, which could easily be triggered by that “almost,” encourage people to injure themselves in a variety of ways. Many of these methods (particularly suicide) make the child extremely unlikely to survive–a self-induced abortion, if you will. How much damage should we allow the woman to do to herself, in the name of saving a life, especially if that life has a low chance of survival? I realize that this argument does not apply to many abortions–as when someone is simply removing the consequences of casual intercourse–but if we value life so highly, we must recognize that in some cases the choice is not one life or both, but one life or neither.

As for the argument that it is just as wrong to have an abortion as it is to kill a newborn–I was thinking about this subject lately, and I realized it is a very interesting argument. Suppose a woman does have a newborn. What are her options? Well, you mentioned one of them: kill it. She might keep the child if she can be convinced to do so. Another option she has, though, is adoption. Give the child to someone else. Now suppose that instead of dealing with a newborn, the woman is three months pregnant. What are her options? The first is to carry the child to term. The second is to abort. But what else is there? She cannot give the child away, transfer it to another woman’s body. That young, it could not possibly survive even in a hospital. The only available option that I see, then, if a woman cannot carry a child to term, is to abort. That doesn’t make abortion a good thing, just sometimes necessary. Killing a child already born, however, is not necessary–there are other options.

Wow! This is awesome! I had no idea this was going on, I live in Oklahoma and wish I could be a part of something like this! To think that she started this at the age of 13 just proves that God uses everyone. I think it is so wonderufl when you hear about teenagers doing stuf like this, it just proves society wrong! – Singing 4 Him! -Jodi

OK, first off, I hate abortion & believe that life begins at conception.

But scientifically, fertilized eggs often don’t implant (estimates range up to 3/4 don’t), and women don’t even find out if they’re pregnant until after implantation occurs. If a fertilized egg doesn’t implant, the woman will even get her next period right on track.

My point is there are many reasons a fertilized egg doesn’t make it to an implanted & developing state, most of which are completely non-intentional (since the woman doesn’t even know!)

So how can this possibly be enforced? The very concept is nebulous, and raises the specters of further legislation—not to go into slippery slope arguments, but if a fertilized egg is an officially recognized person, to what length can it’s safety be legislated?

Will this lead to making the Pill & IUDs illegal even for married women? And who decides if a mother is negligent with a fertilized egg? What are the consequences for infertile couples trying with in-vitro fertilization? What about a woman who suffers a miscarriage? What about ectopic pregnancies?

Now, I’m not saying this is all going to happen, but these are the types of critical-thinking, independent questions that I feel need to be at least asked.

As Christians, we really need to look at ALL sides of an issue, not just blindly accept the default one. In this case, though I can see why she’s doing it, I think it leaves way too much room for interpretation & intrusion. Just think there are better ways to stop abortion.

Respectfully & Prayerfully,
Pari

RBMA:
“You just cannot justify taking one innocent life to save another.”
I can think of situations where I would agree with this. However, I would ask, can you justify letting two lives end when you could have saved one?

Jodi:
I’m not talking about situations where the mother would die and the child is guaranteed to live. I’m talking more about what the response should be if the child is very unlikely to survive. Before 20 weeks, if the mother is engaging in dangerous behavior, it is unlikely to be a case of the mother dying and the child surviving. I heard of one case where a woman would binge drink to cope, which was out of character, damaged her, and killed the child. That and some other coping mechanisms put the mother’s life in great danger, and if she dies, a very young child has pretty much zip chance of survival. And then where are we? Either two people dead, or one dead and one severely injured, both psychologically and physically. What should we do to prevent this–lock the woman up until she gives birth?

As to the comment about God taking sin and transforming it for good, I heartily agree with you. Please keep in mind that I’m dealing primarily with RBMA’s “almost”–I would not consider rape to be a sin on the victim’s part. In addition, I would be interested to know how you arrived at the conclusion that consensual sex before marriage is a sin. I’ve never heard anyone come up with Biblical passages to support that.

Woops! sorry about the mistake! thanks!:D

Joy M. — thank you for that. Your comment really encouraged and blessed me. And first of all, before I go into what I’d like to add, I just want to say that I think you said what you said in a very articulate, respectful, and loving way. And it’s really interesting how God works in all our lives because I met with someone yesterday because a friend gave them my new pro-life blog and we had a long, long talk about what it means to be pro-life in all situations. From our conversation there are a few things that came up that I’d like to share with you, and with you two, Penny and RBMA. This particular person was quite upset at first that God would call us to such a hard road — a road that sometimes includes the death of us, or our loved ones. They claimed that some people go that way because they are in some way “special” — i.e. missionaries or other “extreme” Christians. I shared with them that I believe that God values each and every life immensely — we see that because Jesus died on the Cross — God gave His only Son to die that each and every one of us might be saved! The truth is, God Loves us more than we love ourselves — and He Loves each and every person more than we could ever, in any way, love or care for them. And that is why He commanded us such things as in the Ten Commandments. Each and every one of us is special to Him. He wants the very, very best for each and every one of us. So He calls each and every one of us to the best standards of righteousness. It is my choice and each person’s choice, and that choice is between each of us and God for Him to Judge, whether we will take hold of the best He is offering us by obeying His commands diligently, in all situations, and trusting Him to fulfill His Promise in His Word that “no good thing will He withhold from he who walks uprightly” — of course, that is the condition, that we walk uprightly. There are no guarantees, one might say, that God will come through for us if we do obey Him — that’s what has been said to me quite often, at least. But the truth is quite the opposite — there are frankly no guarantees if we take the matter into our own hands and trust ourselves, the world, or anybody or anything else — any other route or means besides God’s commanded righteousness and love — to protect ourselves and others. The only guarantee, ever, is in obeying God’s commands — and trusting Him. Also, as a final note, I want to clarify that when I said that our choice is between us and God, I simply meant as far as how we are judged — God has brought me to these beliefs, by His Grace, and I am not saying these things to say, “I am righteous — you better get your act together!” I am saying these things because I believe that God has called me to these standards through certain individuals’ encouragement and by other means because He wants the best for me — and I know He wants the best for you, too, so I want to encourage you as I have been encouraged to take hold of all that He is offering you and to be able to rest in trusting in His goodness. I do not believe this way and will not achieve this way of living because I am good — I am far from good! I believe this way and I will achieve this way of living simply and only because God is good — and only as I rely on His Grace. As Christians, we are called to lay down our lives and our rights for the sake of others — we are called, if we choose to be Jesus’ disciples, to lay aside self, take up our crosses, and literally walk in Jesus’ Footsteps of compassion and sacrificial, adoptive Love. Jesus didn’t pick and choose who He would bear the Cross and die for or when — it was the Father’s choosing, and He simply submitted, and He died for all of us — even though we were the very ones, by our sin, who crucified Him! It is hard to walk in Jesus’ Footsteps and to take hold of what God offers! But it is worth it — like no other path is. And it is the truly blessed life. God calls us away from the sin of murder and towards sacrificial love because He Loves us and wants the best for us — He knows what sin will do to us and He Loves us so much that He calls us to a better path even though we all initially resist and accuse Him, “That’s not love!” He Loves us so much that He does it anyway. And as Christians, we cannot allow murder to remain legal — murder in ANY form, of any person, at any time. We must do all that we can to promote earthly laws and discipline to protect, in this case, women and doctors or nurses, from the eternal ramifications of sin — just as a loving parent or guardian would institute rules that children under their care must live by, and disciplinary action if they don’t, so that they can learn before they have bear the harsher punishment that would surely come in the future (such as losing friendships, a marriage failing, being fired from a job, going to prison for a crime, etc.) if they don’t learn such things during their childhood. We must, as Christians, stand for both the earthly life of the baby (so he or she has every chance to live and love and get to know God) and the eternal life of the mother (so she has every chance to choose God and His best for her eternal well-being) — stand to protect them both from the harms of the murderous sin of abortion.

Nicole:

Thank YOU so much for your sweet and encouraging reply! I just love how God uses us to bless each other! 🙂 I’ve read your post several times, and you pointed out some really important things. I love the way you put it that God loves us SO much that He called us to the “best standards of righteousness.” So many people think that the Ten Commandments are utterly pointless, seeing as they are physically impossible to keep. But I love them with all my heart, as they are a constant challenge for me do my best to follow in Jesus’ footsteps. They constantly remind me of what Jesus went through to follow His heavenly Father’s standards, and keep me breathlessly amazed at my Savior’s perfection. I love a good challenge, and what better challenge than pefection? There is always something to strive for, always a way to improve, always something to draw me closer to Him. Of course, I know I can never keep them perfectly – in fact, it is by God’s strength alone that I get through most of my days! But that is all the more reason to thank my Savior for His death on the cross. And yes, it will be hard – that is all part of the challenge – but as you said, it IS worth it like no other path is.

Also, I thought you put it so well towards the end of your post, when you explained what essentially is the reason behind Christian pro-lifers. We are taking a “stand to protect them both from the harms of the murderous sin of abortion.” I couldn’t have said it better. Thank you!

I picked up your book “Do Hard Things” just this week and was led here. And this post really caught my eye. Only a few months ago did I hear God’s call to open a crisis pregnancy center in the future, so my heart is totally for helping girls considering abortion. Kristi is definitely in my prayers! This video gave me chills, and I’m now encouraged to do something in my own state. Thanks guys!

In Christ,
Caitlin

Joy M.,

Thank you so much for your reply — and your previous comment. What you said was very encouraging to me, and also helpful. To be 100% pro-life can be unpopular so it’s a true and rare blessing to meet someone else with the same passion and love for God’s Law and who seeks to share God’s Heart for the children — for all children. Thank you! And may God richly bless you.

Penny:

I agree with you that those are the only two options. However to me, there is just one answer, and that is to carry the child to term. True, the woman’s body may end up rejecting the child and the baby dies through miscarriage after all. But then it will have been God, not us taking things into our own hands and murdering an innocent life. We have no way of knowing what God’s plan for that baby might be, therefore we have no right to interfere. It is much better for a woman to suffer through a miscarriage than having to forever live with the knowledge that she disobeyed the living God by murdering her own child.

Anyway, thank you for discussing this with me! God bless!

Jodi,
I understand adultery to mean involvement between a married person and another person not his or her spouse. Clearly you interpret the word differently. Mind explaining why?

Dear Kristi,
You are doing a great job, I know you must get a lot of junk these days for the movements you are pushing for. You have thousands of people behind you going for the same goals. Thanx for being a good example and being a world changer

Kristi,

Don’t let the results discourage you! Maybe the state just isn’t ready yet. This doesn’t mean that they won’t be one day. This is getting national coverage and that is working for us! God can use win or loss to accomplish His purposes!

Keep going!

Amy

Wow! I am amazed at all the stories I have heard about teenagers making a difference. I am amazed at all God has done through the lives of one so small. I also am 13, and I also wanted to help out with the Abortion bann in my state, South Dakota, but couldn’t muster up enough courage and stability to make it happen. Frankly, I didn’t know where to start. Thanks, Kristi, for listening to what God said to do and for being courageous and standing out in this world of Darkness. May God Bless. Also thanks Brett and Alex for posting this on your website. It has definately given me faith and courage to stand for what I believe is right. Thanks alot Guys!

With Love,
~Katelyn Rochelle~

Kristi you r so amayzing

Awesome! My mother is a contractor for a pro-life organization in Pennsylvania, and I am a big pro-life advocate myself…keep up the good work!

One more topnotch post! I shared this one on Twitter – you really should add a “like” button to your blogposts. 🙂

This is often a wonderful site, could you be interested in doing an interview about just how you designed it? If so e-mail me!