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Question: What does the Bible say about abortion?

     1.God recognizes the unborn as a living child (Matt.1:18;
Lk.1:41- When Elizabeth was pregnant, the unborn "babe" leaped in
her womb at the salutation of Mary; Lk.1:15). The same word
(brephos) is used to denote the newborn child (Lk. 2:12,16) as well
as the older child (Lk. 18:15). Consider also Psa. 139:13: "For
Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's
womb" (NASB).

     2.If it is wrong to kill an infant anytime after birth, it
must also be wrong to kill him anytime before birth. Birth only
changes an infant's living quarters, its dining habits, and its air
passageway.

     3. Pro.6:16-17 God hates those who shed innocent blood.

     4. What is often the root cause: Selfishness 2 Tim. 3:2;
w/o natural affection Rom. 1:31. cf. Eph. 4:18-19.

     5. Party who is totally innocent in the matter is the unborn
infant. Choosing the route of abortion gives the death penalty to
the innocent baby.

     6. Countless couples wait in line for years to adopt a baby.
Abortion is not the answer. Sex education courses, instruction
about "safe sex" is not the answer. Abortion grows out of a heart
of rebellion and disobedience to the will of God. Only the word of
God will "turn the hearts of the fathers to the children"
(Lk.1:68).

David Watts: Abortions kill. Something living is killed in every
successful abortion. That's a biological fact, not a subjective
moral judgment. Abortion kills something kills something with life.
Before the abortion, something is living; after the abortion, it is
dead.
     People trying to defend abortions (or sell abortions) often
talk about "terminating a pregnancy (of fetus)," or removing
"tissue." That sounds much cleaner than talking about killing an
unborn baby. The Scriptures, however, refer to the unborn in words
descriptive of human life.
     For example, after John the baptist's conception, but before
his birth, he is referred to in the Scriptures as a "babe." The
Bible says: "And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting
of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb" (Lk.1:41, see also v.
44). The same word God used to describe the infants Herod murdered
in  Bethlehem (Matt. 2:16) is used to describe John before his
birth. He didn't become a "babe" at birth--he was a baby before
birth. An abortion would have killed him--it would have killed a
baby. 
     Necessity is the Mother of Invention. No doubt the idea that
what abortions kill isn't human life was invented to excuse the
slaughter of unborn babies by abortion. It certainly didn't come
from the Bible. It is contrary to what the Scriptures teach.
     It is calculated that an unborn baby is killed every three
minutes. That's more than 4,000 babies each day. Behind the smoke
screen of high-sounding phrases, like, "pro-choice" are 20 million
dead babies--killed by abortions over the last 15 years. (Gospel
Anchor, Jan.1992).

Related Question: Isn't abortion breaking of the 10 commandments?

1. Abortion is shedding innocent blood. God hates those who shed
innocent blood (Prov.6:16-17).

2. God recognizes the unborn as a living child (Matt. 1:18; Lk.
1:41).

3. Just as it is wrong to kill an infant anytime after birth, it is
wrong to kill him anytime before birth. Birth only changes an
infant's living quarters, its dining habits, and its air
passageway.

4. The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" was one of the 10
commandments; that commandment is included in the New Covenant, the
law of Christ, under which we live today (Matt. 5:21ff). Yes, God's
law which forbids killing is violated by abortion.






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