:     ~~ God's view of Abortion ~~
:
:     Abortion is defined as the expulsion of a human
:     fetus within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy,
:     before it is viable.
:
:     As the sexual morals of todays society have
:     changed, more and more teens and unwed mothers
:     have seriously considered aborting thier babies.
:
:     What is the bible's view on Abortion?
:
:     To answer that question, we must first consider who
:     the creator of all life is. Let us look at the
:     following scriptures:
:
:     (Acts 17:28 King James version])
:     "For in him we live, and move, and
:     have our being: as certain also of your
:     own poets have said, For we are also his
:     offspring."
:
:     (Psalms 36:9)
:     "For with thee is the fountain of life:
:     in thy light shall we see light."
:
:     From reading these two scriptures, we see that the
:     giver of all life is God. Yes, it is obvious that if
:     God creates a living being he would be displeased at
:     its ungrateful destruction. But does God view an
:     unborn child as a living thing, or is it only after
:     it is born that it becomes life? Lets go back to the
:     bible:
:
:     (Exodus 21:22,23)
:     (22)"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."
:     (23) "And if any mischief follow, then
:     thou shalt give life for life."
:
:     There we read that if some men were fighting and they
:     caused injury to a pregnant woman, they were to be
:     punished. If they caused her to lose her child, they
:     were to be put to death. From this law that God gave
:     Israel, we see that God not only viewed an unborn
:     child as a living person, but that anybody responsible
:     for its death was accountable for murder. How does God
:     view the willful taking of a human life? Again, lets
:     turn to the Bible:
:
:     (Exodus 20:13)
:     "Thou shalt not kill."
:
:     (1 John 3:15)
:     "Whosoever hateth his brother is
:     a murderer: and ye know that no
:     murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
:
:     How straightfoward God's commandment to his people is.
:     He simply said not to kill. In 1 John, God let us know
:     that a murderer has no hope of a future.
:
:     From reading the bible we can come to the conclusion that
:     God views the unborn human child as a living person and
:     the willful taking of that life as murder.