What Does the Bible
Say About Abortion?
Sandra Adkison
It is amazing to me that some Christians believe taking the life of an unborn baby is okay under certain situations. Many are unaware what the Bible teaches about abortion since the word “abortion” does not appear in our English Bibles. Let’s examine some Scriptures.
In Genesis 1:28-30, God told Adam and Eve to be fruitful, to multiply and to fill the earth. The following Old Testament Scriptures pertain to the question, “What does the Bible say about abortion?”
- “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward” (Psalm 127:3 NKJV).
- “As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything” (Ecclesiastes 11:5).
- “Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves…” (Psalm 100:3).
- Isaiah declared that the Lord “…formed Me from the womb to be His Servant…” (Isaiah 49:5).
- “Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity…” (Job 10:8).
- God said to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5).
- “If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe” (Exodus 21:22-25).
- “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall fall on me,’ Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them” (Psalm 139:11-16).
Darkness and light are the same to God. Covered and uncovered are the same to God. David was in darkness and covered while being formed by God in the womb. He was in light and uncovered after birth. The baby in the womb and the baby after birth are the same to God!
New Testament Scriptures likewise are pertinent to the question, “What does the Bible say about abortion?”
- “And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 1:41).
- “For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy” (Luke 1:44).
- “And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger” (Luke 2:12).
- “And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger” (Luke 2:16).
The Greek word “brephos” means an infant. The same Greek word refers to before and after the birth of a baby. The baby in the womb and the baby after birth are the same to God! “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death” (Proverbs 14:12).
[Editor’s Note: Remember, under Judaism in the Old Testament, taking the life of an unborn baby was a capital offense (Exodus 21:22-25). Yet, 73 million babies worldwide die by induced abortion each year. Nearly a third of all pregnancies terminate because of abortion. Proverbs 6:16-19 lists seven sins which are so repulsive to God that he calls them abominations, and one of them is “Hands that shed innocent blood” (Proverbs 6:17). Hence, induced abortion is an abomination to God. ~ Louis Rushmore, Editor]
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