Abortion?

Q: Does the Bible have anything to say about abortion? I mean can the Bible break through the argument that a fetus is a human, etc.?

A: Actually the Bible can rise above the argument that since a fetus isn't a human, abortion is not murder, etc. Jeremiah 1:5 is where God says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I set you apart."

So the abortion truth really breaks down like this.

1. Humans are formed in God's image - as spiritual beings. (Genesis 1:27)
2. Children are a blessing from God (no matter how inconvenient they may be). (Psalm 127:3)
3. Human life is sacred to God. (Exodus 20:13)
4. God is intimate with the unborn fetus. (Psalm 139:13)
5. Human life actually begins even before the pregnancy started. (Jeremiah 1:5)

Society has taken the position that a fetus isn't a human (at least in its early stages) and therefore abortion isn't murder. Ironically, society recognizes the fetus as human in the later stages of pregnancy, and it recognizes the sacredness of human life. Society agrees that we shouldn't murder. But it rationalizes the abortion by saying that the about-to-be-aborted fetus isn't human (yet). This is not the case.

The Bible clearly defines human life as having been created at the very first sign of the human pregnancy (and possibly even before that). Since the fetus is a human life, then abortion is murder. There's nothing to debate here.