Bible Truth FAQs
IS
ABORTION MURDER?
In
1973 (Roe vs. Wade), the U. S. Supreme Court legalized the right (?) of
abortion. Sixty-one percent of Americans generally find abortion to be morally
repugnant (Los Angeles Times Poll, March 3-10, 1989). Many protests have been
made throughout this nation, labeling abortion for what it is -- MURDER!!
Admittedly,
a fetus does not have the fullness of personality and character we can actually
see, as in persons we associate with, but medical authorities confirm that a
separate and distinct life is detectable after two weeks of gestation. This is a
living organism and the beginning of a human being. Who gave man the right to
decide such should not live? In the creation account we are told (Gen. 2:7) that
God “..breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living
soul." In Acts 17:25 the Apostle Paul told the Athenians, “..he giveth to
all LIFE, and BREATH, and all things." Couples may set in motion the plan
for giving birth through natural law, but the natural law of procreation came
from God (Gen. 1:28) and it is he who gives life.
Murder
has always been wrong morally, spiritually, and legally. When life is present
through the gift of God, men dare not take this life, lest he be called a
murderer. In Rev. 21:8 murderers are listed explicitly among those assigned to
eternal destruction.
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