Now that we know what abortion is, we have to ask the question; what does God think of abortion? There are many people who profess to be Christian who try to say that “the Bible doesn’t speak about abortion specifically.” “Show me the passage” they’ll say. Some even say the Bible condones abortion. Let’s explore all of this claims and see if they survive under the fire.
First, let’s look at human life. As Humans, we are made in the image of God and therefore have dignity and value by nature. We are like God, and distinctly unique. This should already cause us to look at the way we treat each other differently than animals.
Ge 1:26–27
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image;
he created him in the image of God;
he created them male and female.
Moving further, God even mentions that humans have “rights.” Although we have no rights before God, we do have rights among men. We’ll get into the civil application later, but look how these verses mention default “rights” that humans have.
Isaiah 5:22–23
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Proverbs 31:8–9
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
So humans are made in the image of God and have inherent rights that we would see to be different than animals and other creatures that God made. Obviously, we get an even clearer picture of these rights with the 10 commandments, particularly:
Matthew 22:39
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
It’s clear that biblically, we have a right to life (amongst men), we are commanded to not murder anyone, and to love others as ourselves. So if that’s all true, then when does human life begin?
Contrary to our pro-choice friend’s colossal claims, it is a biological fact that human life begins at fertilization, this is not disputable.
“At fertilization, the human being emerges as a whole, genetically distinct, individuated zygotic living human organism, a member of the species Homo sapiens, needing only the proper environment in order to grow and develop. The difference between the individual in its adult stage and in its zygotic stage is one of form, not nature.”
So, we know that human life begins at conception, and we know abortion is the taking of human life unjustly, and we know that humans have a right to life. So what does that mean?
Abortion is murder.