The Bible and Christianity on Abortion
There has been recent debate over the Christian ethics of abortion,
and what the Bible’s implications of the matter are. One must first
acknowledge that the Bible does not directly say anything about
abortion. Kerby Anderson is the president of Probe Ministries, a
non-profit organization whose mission is to “reclaim the primacy of
Christian thought and values in Western culture through media.”
(http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/arg-abor.html) He claims that
the reason abortion is not mentioned in the Bible is because the act
was so unthinkable - so absurd - to an Israelite woman at the time
that there was no need to even mention it in the criminal code. Many
Christians have, however, sought to seek the implications of the
Bible’s teachings on abortion. They believe God created each person
superbly in his/her mother’s womb, the destruction of this innocent
being is an abomination, and severe punishments are given to those who
decide to murder his/her baby.
The Bible teaches that God created each person beautifully and worthy
of existence. This is written in Psalm 139:13-16: 13For you created me in my inmost being; you knit me together in my
mother's womb. 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully
made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15My frame was
not hidden from you when I was in that secret place. When I was woven
together in the depths of the earth, 16your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of
them came to be.
The Christian recognizes that even an unborn child’s existence has
meaning and that his/her body, although not fully developed, has worth
because it is created in the eyes of God. Not only is the body
created wonderfully, but it is created uniquely as well. Jeremiah
1:4-5a states, “4The word of the LORD came to me saying, 5"Before I
formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you
Christ/God, the love and kindness, or the good, that the Christian religion conveys, or the inner happiness and the peace of mind, or the reward, that the person would inevetably achieve by following the word of Christ.
The Bible is Pro-Choice. Without question, the Bible is overwhelmingly pro-choice. Although the Hebrews were influenced by many of the laws of their Assyrian, Sumerian, and Babylonian neighbors, all of which forbade abortion, the Hebrew scriptures had no laws forbidding abortion, not a single one. This was chiefly because the Hebrews placed a higher value on women than did their neighbors. There are, however, some references to the termination of pregnancy.
"Where the essence of God is, there too is the essence of good. What is the essence of
This little thing that is made, me thought it might have fallen to nought for littleness. Of this needeth us to have knowledge, that us liketh nought all thing that is made, for to love and have God that is unmade. For this is the cause why we be not all in case of heart and of soul, for we seek here rest in this thing that is so little, where no rest is in, and we know not our God, that is almighty, all wise and all good, for he is very rest.
... is that he comes to each and every person in need. When we start sinking in the storms of life, we need to cry out to the Lord and he will reach out and will bring you out of the water that has begun to drown you.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born
curiousness about the mystery of God and the world which surrounds her. She is truly
The documentary looked at the “TRAP laws which targets abortion clinics and its providers. It is despicable how each year some state legislators from Alabama, and Texas pushed to create new laws to make it hard to get an abortion. Some of these laws are pushing independent clinics to stay idle and or permanently closed. I know a lot of the motives to push for restricted abortion state laws have been made by the “Jesus Freaks” simply because they have “morals” and according to them it is a sin to abort a “baby”. Most of the Pro-Life advocators have some sort of connections to lawmakers and or the lawmakers are extremely religious, and they pushed inaccurate rhetoric about abortion because the bible says otherwise.
Many arguments in the abortion debate assume that the morality of abortion depends upon the moral status of the foetus. While I regard the moral status of the foetus as important, it is not the central issue that determines the moral justifiability of abortion. The foetus may be awarded a level of moral status, nevertheless, such status does not result in the prescription of a set moral judgement. As with many morally significant issues, there are competing interests and a variety of possible outcomes that need to be considered when making a moral judgement on abortion. While we need to determine the moral status of the foetus in order to establish the type of entity we are dealing with, it does not, however, exist in a moral vacuum. There are other key issues requiring attention, such as the moral status and interests of the pregnant woman who may desire an abortion, and importantly, the likely consequences of aborting or not aborting a particular foetus. Furthermore, I assert that moral status should be awarded as a matter of degree, based upon the capacities of sentience and self-consciousness an entity possesses. In a bid to reach a coherent conclusion on the issue, the moral status of both foetus and woman, along with the likely results of aborting a particular foetus, must be considered together. Given the multiple facets requiring consideration, I assert that utilitarianism (Mill 1863) offers a coherent framework for weighing and comparing the inputs across a variety of situations, which can determine whether it is ever morally justifiable to have an abortion.
The Divine command theory states that morally right actions are those commanded by God, and any action going against it is morally wrong. People that accept this theory can only consider an act to be right or wrong if God commanded it to be so. Therefore, supporters of this theory have a moral obligation to do and obey whatever God considered to be right without questioning his judgment. Those in favor of this theory should fulfill his will without any hesitation, regardless of its consequences to society. So if God had claimed abortion to be morally right, everyone supporting this theory were to happily accept it. Moreover, this theory suggests that those who act on a moral sense God desires will be rewarded at the end, perhaps in the afterlife;
In his essay “Against the Golden Rule Argument Against Abortion,” David Boonin-Vail argues against R. M. Hare and Harry J. Gensler. He states both versions of the golden rule should be rejected. The golden rule is a biblical rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matt. 7:12). Boonin-Vail maintains that both Hare’s and Gensler’s interpretations are not adequate enough in stating that the golden rule shows abortion to be immoral for various reasons.
In Christian society and belief, as well as many other religions, the one true possession that a person has total control over is their everlasting soul. It is this spirit that makes one truly unique from everyone else. The fight within one’s self between good and evil and the day to day struggle to ensure that the goodness prevails is the focal point of a true believer’s life. It is only by this triumph on goodness that he can achieve Salvation in the eyes of God.
As people, one have a freedom and speech and the will to do whatever one feel is right. Although some choices come with consequences rather they are good or bad. People are still going to place their own opinion, judge, or even fight what a certain person is doing because they do not believe it is right. When you come across something as broad as abortion it really gets people thinking. Some people see it as killing human and religious things, and some peo-ple are looking at it as something they had to do. Rather it is because they were raped, not ready, or it was going to harm them to go through this pregnancy. At what age does a baby re-ceive human right?
everything we have, we dedicate it to Him, and we live our lives in service to Him.