IS abortion wrong? Yes, it is.
Why is it wrong? Because by the act of aborting the foetus in the womb, what is done is a life is destroyed. By killing life, the perpetrators of abortion are playing the role of God, who alone has the right over our life.
It is not just pro-lifers who say abortion is wrong. The Bible has some clear messages on abortion to anybody who cares to listen. Sample the verses below:
“Thou shalt not kill” Exodus 20:13 (KJV).
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute” Proverbs 31:8 (NIV).
“If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe” Exodus 21:22-25 (KJV).
“Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?” Job 31:15 (NIV).
“Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God” Psalm 22:9-10 (NIV).
“And now the LORD says—he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength” Isaiah 49:5 (NIV).
“For you created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV).
“Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked” Psalm 82:3-4 (NIV).
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” Does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?” Proverbs 24:11-12 (NIV)
“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me” Isaiah 49:15-16 (KJV).
