SBC Presidential Candidate Bart Barber Claims the Woman is “Never the One Doing the Killing” During an Abortion

One of the magical things about social media (especially Twitter) is how easily it can reveal the underlying beliefs of those who use it.

David Morrill

One of the magical things about social media (especially Twitter) is how easily it can reveal the underlying beliefs of those who use it. Enter SBC presidential candidate Bart Barber – a self-described Twitter addict – who has mastered (or so he thinks) the art of dog-whistling to the progressive elite within the SBC while playing a non-controversial simpleton for the sake of the rubes in the pews.

In the wake of the leak of the SCOTUS draft striking down Roe vs Wade and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) helping kill anti-abortion Louisiana House Bill 813 on grounds that it dared to hold pregnant mothers responsible for their role in killing their children, Barber posted a series of tweets claiming victory for the “incrementalist approach” and chastising abortion abolitionists, who (ironically now that Roe v. Wade seems likely to be overturned) Barber claimed had put zero points on the board:

Bart Barber @bartbarber

Don't let people distract you from this fact: If Roe v Wade is set aside in the ruling on the Dobbs case, this is indisputably a victory won by "incrementalism." Every baby's life saved from abortion in your lifetime or mine has been saved by the Pro Life, incremental approach.

Bart Barber @bartbarber

Why? Because Mississippi's "incrementalist" Pro Life law is the law that is being reviewed by SCOTUS in the Dobbs case. This is the kind of law hated and opposed by those who have sponsored the Louisiana law you are reading about on Twitter these days.

Bart Barber @bartbarber

The approaches decrying "incrementalism" and the "Pro Life establishment," on the other hand, have put zero points on the board. They'll allege that Pro Life legislation has actually made abortion legal. That's about to be proven wrong, it appears.

In response, Barber was asked about punishing the mother as an accessory to the murder of the unborn child:

Ben Marsh @PastorBenMarsh

@bartbarber Pastor Bart, how do you answer the abolitionists on "if abortion is murder, then we need to punish the mother as an accessory to murder" Not a gotcha - genuinely am wrestling.

Barber said the quiet part out loud, revealing that he believes the mother is never responsible for the abortion she has:

Bart Barber @bartbarber

@PastorBenMarsh 1. In an abortion at a clinic, the mother is never the one doing the killing and is often also not the one doing the hiring. Abortions are sometimes paid for by other parties.

This conversation took place in view of Barber claiming he had “no obligation” to read LA HB813 – the pivotal piece of information in the conversation he inserted himself into:

Bart Barber @bartbarber

@cuatronelson @PastorBenMarsh @LilaGraceRose I responded to a QUESTION with a comment about a law that I haven't read, because someone's asking me a question doesn't obligate me to read anything.

This technique is typical Bart Barber, who consistently plays dumb when confronted with direct questions about hot-button issues, nuances his statements to the point of near irrelevance, and peppers his interactions with winsome calls to just get along.

Now his soft, unbiblical doctrine is being laid bare for formerly-unaware Southern Baptists. All that remains to be seen is whether messengers will respond strongly enough against the Barber-represented drift to overwhelm the institutional employees that will be flown into Anaheim to protect the SBC establishment.