Okay this is not aimed at every pro-lifer out there as some of you are not religious. But to those who are, where in the Bible does it say that abortion is a type of homicide? Where does it say it is a sin? I have read the bible through and through and it is full of stuff we would all consider "outdated" these days. Like slavery. And ways to cleanse ourselves during menstruation. And haircuts. And blood sacrifices. Why would we regard its "condemnation" of abortion with more seriousness than we regard its advice, which is far lengthier, on the best price to pay for a slave? Which, by the way, there is NOTHING in the bible that "condemns" abortion. In fact, there are only two verses that I was able to find in the bible that pertained to abortion, well actually one pertains to "purposefully" making a woman barren and miscarrying by the hands of God for infidelity. Yes, God himself causing her to abort. The first passage is from Ex. 21:22-25,
God tells us what to do if a man who is fighting knocks against a pregnant woman. If the woman dies, the principle of "life for life" is invoked and the man responsible for her death must be put to death himself. If she lives but has a miscarriage, then the death of the fetus is to be compensated for by the payment of a fine, as demanded by the woman's husband. In this passage itself, it shows that God deems the woman's life more valuable than that of the fetus. Life for a life is invoked if the woman is killed. If the woman is okay, but the fetus dies, the "brawler" is to pay whatever fine deemed appropriate by the husband.
Now for the next passage: In Num. 5:11-31, it states that if a man suspects his wife has been unfaithful, he is to bring her to a priest. This priest will perform "the wife's test". He tells her to drink a potion, if she has been faithful, then nothing will happen. If she has been unfaithful, her abdomen will swell and her thigh will rot. Throughout the times, this has always been translated as to making the woman barren and if at the time she was pregnant, causing miscarriage. Hmm, that God himself would cause a woman to abort? Makes you think.
I guess my point is, nothing in the Bible is concrete about abortion. NOTHING. A lot of people will argue that it says that homicide is a sin and abortion is homicide, but where exactly does it say in the Bible that abortion is homicide? Where? What passage? What scripture? From what I read, it says that a woman's life is worth more than that of a fetus, that God himself will cause you to abort if you have been unfaithful...so why can a woman not choose for herself to abort for her own reasons? Is it because we are meant to "bear the fruit of the loins"? That is so incredibly outdated. That would be like saying it is still okay to keep slaves because the bible says it is. My point is, there is nothing in the Bible that says abortion is homicide, that it is a sin, so stop using that excuse as a crutch. Abortion is more moral than religious, and since morals vary, then it CANNOT be WRONG, nor can it be RIGHT. It is up to each individual themselves to decide whether it is wrong or right to them and if it is wrong to them, the solution is simple: don't have one.
I'm wondering how many of the religious type prolifers will actually be able to come up with a scripture/passage that says that abortion is wrong...I don't think many will. I think a lot will use the ol' smokescreen method, stating that children are our greatest blessing. While that may be true, a child is just that, a child. The discussion here is not a child...it is an UNBORN CHILD, a fetus, embryo, zygote, blastocyst, fertilized egg, whatever. I want to see proof that God condemns those who choose abortion to hell. I want to see proof that abortion is a sin. I don't want to hear that abortion is homicide. Who says that? Where does the bible say that? You say it. Nowhere in the bible is abortion mentioned as a deadly sin, as a sin at all. Nowhere in the bible is abortion mentioned, except for the passages I wrote. I can think of a couple more where it might be mentioned, but those ones fall in the same lines as the ones above, that the woman trumps the fetus and that if the woman is unfaithful, God himself will cause her to abort/miscarry.