{"id":61335,"date":"2023-06-12T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=61335"},"modified":"2023-06-12T16:41:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:41:46","slug":"what-does-the-bible-say-about-abortion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/what-does-the-bible-say-about\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does the Bible Say About Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?<\/h1>\n<h2>The Murder of Humans Is Forbidden<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis 9:6 &#8211; &#8220;<em>Whoever sheds man&#8217;s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Exodus 20:13 &#8211; &#8220;<em>You shall not murder.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 6:16-17 &#8211; &#8220;<em>There are six things which the LORD hates, yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: &#8230; hands that shed innocent blood<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Child in the Womb Is a Human<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis 25:21-22 &#8211; &#8220;<em>Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived. But the <strong>children<\/strong> struggled together within her; and she said, &#8220;If it is so, why then am I this way?&#8221; So she went to inquire of the LORD.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Psalms 139:13-16 &#8211; &#8220;<em>For You formed my inward parts; You wove <strong>me<\/strong> in my mother&#8217;s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.<\/em>&#8221; (David existed prior to birth).<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah 44:2 &#8211; &#8220;<em>Thus says the LORD who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you, &#8216;Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; and you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.&#8217;<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Even secular science supports this view. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/life-before-birth\/\">Life Before Birth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Is it morally permissible for one human needlessly to terminate the life of an innocent human based on that life being an inconvenience?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-fundamental-question-concerning-abortion\/\">A Fundamental Question Concerning Abortion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/thoughts-on-abortion\/\">Thoughts on Abortion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-abortion-debate\/\">The Abortion Debate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Are There Exceptions?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-abortion-wrong-except-in-the-case-of-rape\/\">Is abortion wrong except in the case of rape?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>What about incest or statutory rape? These are sins, but sins are never fixed by additional sins. &#8220;<em>And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), &#8220;Let us do evil that good may come&#8221;? Their condemnation is just<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 3:8).<\/li>\n<li>Sins are corrected by turning them into something good. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/for-such-a-time-as-this\/\">For Such a Time as This<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>It Is Not Your Body!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The argument is that since I am not the one dealing with pregnancy, I don&#8217;t have the right to talk about the morality of abortion. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/youre-not-the-woman\/\">You&#8217;re Not the Woman!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/what-does-the-bible-say-about\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat Does the Bible Say?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does the Bible Say About Abortion? The Murder of Humans Is Forbidden Genesis 9:6 &#8211; &#8220;Whoever sheds man&#8217;s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.&#8220; Exodus 20:13 &#8211; &#8220;You shall not murder.&#8220; Proverbs 6:16-17 &#8211; &#8220;There are six things which the LORD hates, yes,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61332,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61372,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/what-does-the-bible-say-about\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-suicide\/","url_meta":{"origin":61335,"position":0},"title":"What Does the Bible Say About Suicide?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"What Does the Bible Say About Suicide? 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