A Christian talk show host, referring to the Nazi era, recently challenged his listeners with this question: "What would you have done if there were a Jewish extermination camp in your community?" I have often wondered the same thing—what would I have done? Would I have done nothing? That’s what most people did.

But what does the Bible say? Some Scriptures come to mind: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." And "Am I my brother’s keeper?"(The implied answer is "yes"). And "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." And finally, "You shall not commit murder."

In that day, it could have cost you your life to defend the Jews. Today, in this country, it usually costs nothing but a little ridicule and marginalizing to defend the babies. Back then, a Holocaust was six million precious Jews, with names, families, talents, lives—the apple of God’s eye. Today, a Holocaust is fifty-one million precious babies, with names, families, talents, and lives known to God, whose angels always see the face of God.

Something about the talk show host’s question bothers me greatly. Why was he talking about what we might have done in a Holocaust of a previous generation, over which we have no control, rather than asking us what we are doing about the Holocaust of our own generation? Respect and reverence for the unspeakable suffering of the Jews should make us determined not to go down this path again. Abortion clinics are this generation’s baby extermination camps. They have killed about 30% of our next generation. Shouldn’t the talk show host be asking, "What are you doing seeing as there is an abortion clinic in your community?"