The Almighty does not instruct us to be anti-abortionists. The Bible indicates a contrary position, specifically Exodus XXI (RSV):
"22. When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
"23. If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
"24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
"25. burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe."
That means the death penalty for killing a pregnant woman during a riot, but only a fine if one kills a fetus. The life of a fetus is not human life, according to the Bible.
As Richard Mourdock’s Indiana Senate fate hinges on how voters absorb his views on rape, all conservatives have an opportunity for a look in the mirror.
Just how pro-life do we want to be?
The Mourdock controversy is nothing like Todd Akin’s self-inflicted wound in Missouri, the result of an embrace of just plain bad medical information.
Mourdock is in hot water for accurately (if not particularly skillfully) articulating what God instructs about the life of the unborn.
If he is on politically shaky ground, it is because he had the courage to stand on the...
According to the Bible a life of a fetus is a human life. See Psalm 139:13.
AND Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
Verses Psalm 139:13 and Jeremiah 1:5 sound more like assertions of the Almighty's omniscience rather than anybody's pre-birth status.