Why am I posting this??
2- for people who are unsure on the topic
This is my biblically-based conviction on abortion. I have done a lot of research over the past 5 years independently and collaboratively so this didn't just come out of nowhere. This is adapted from my christian ethics assignment.
When does life begin? When an ovum and spermatozoon meet {aka: conception} they create a zygote. A zygote contains all 46 genes that make up a human life. Because a zygote does have all 46 of these genes, it is at the moment of conception that life begins. The embryo is a human life. It has full moral status {personhood} and therefore has the right to live.
Choices: Legally women have the right to choose abortion at any time during the entire nine months of pregnancy for any reason she deems fit. Biblically a woman has the right to choose what to do with her child after birth, but she has a moral obligation to protect the unborn life and carry her pregnancy to term.
Legal choices: {abortion, co-parenting, single-parenting, and adoption}
Biblical choices: {co-parenting, single-parenting, and adoption}
Moral obligation: Everyone is to honor God with their bodies (1Pet. 2:16) and value life (Gen. 1:27, Matt. 6:26), even unborn life.
What about...? Whether the unborn child is a result of rape, incest, or is possibly going to be deformed, these circumstances do not change the status of personhood. These are not ethical reasons for abortion, and abortion should not be considered as an alternative to pregnancy.
The Bible Says: Life is a gift from God (Ps. 100:3, 127:3). He has a purpose for every life and everything that happens in life (Rom. 8:28). No matter the quality (Ex. 4:11), it is in God’s hands how long that life shall last (Ps. 139:15-16) not ours (Ps. 39:4).
*I did not address the issue of possibility of harm/death to the mother and/or child because there is no clear biblical solution on choosing "which life to save".
{I have many references, if you would like some let me know!}
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