I have heard so much about this partial birth abortion ban. Everyone who knows what I do always talks about this bill and how great it is that it will finally pass. It is not just pro-lifers that are talking about this; the pro-abortion groups are talking up a storm also. They cry out that this is President Bush's first step in banning all abortion.

It is funny how a lot of my friends don't understand how the pro-abortion groups could support even partial birth abortion. "How can they support this? This is so obviously wrong and gruesome," they ask. It's quite simple. The pro-abortion side will not compromise at all -- something I cannot say about the pro-life side.

As you might be able to tell by the tone of this commentary I am not jumping for joy about this partial birth abortion bill. In fact if I were a congressman I would have voted against it. Are you shocked? Are you puzzled? What should puzzle you is how come we can't stand up against something so evil as the killing of an innocent child without compromising.

First of all let me say that partial birth abortion is no worse than any other abortion. It is an instant death for the child. The fact is that every abortion, whether it is from the pill, suction, partial-birth abortion or any method, is the killing of an innocent child and is wrong. The pro-life movement has somehow forgotten about all the other children and for several years has focused 95% of its time and money on just this one type of abortion.

I would have no problem voting for a bill that simply states, "stop all partial birth abortions." However, that is not what this bill states. Unlike the pro-aborts, we were more than willing to compromise. In fact we went ahead and put a compromise in the bill, even before the pro-aborts had a chance to. This bill contains an exception that permits the procedure in certain cases alleged to be threatening to the mother's life. How can delivering a baby up to his neck and then killing him help save a woman's life?

This bill will not save a single life; there are other forms of late term abortion that can still be used. This bill is nothing more than a trophy for congressmen who want to pacify pro-lifers so they don't have to deal with us. This is the proverbial bone being thrown to us and for the most part the pro-life movement is buying it.

We will never win this battle as long as we compromise the truth. We have no foundation to stand on if we do not stand on the truth. Abortion is always the killing of an innocent human child. If we say that in certain circumstances that it is ok, then in reality it is always ok. I for one will never compromise even one single child. God is the creator of every single life -- EVERY ONE. He created the children that are conceived through rape. He created the children conceived through incest. He created the children who have health problems. He created every single child, and we can never make an exception to allow for the murder of even one of those children.

If you want to see abortion end in this country, it is not going to come through phony trophy legislation like the partial birth abortion ban. It will come when we as Christians stop compromising and start standing up for every single child. It will happen when Christians get off their duffs and start acting like abortion is murder. It will end when we stop treating abortion like a political issue and start treating it like what it is, a holocaust that has already taken over 43 million lives, and still counting.

For Christ I stand,

Bryan Kemper