Abortion

							Forgive your people Israel
whom You have redeemed, O
LORD, and do not place the
guilt of innocent blood in the
midst of Your people Israel.
And the bloodguiltiness shall
be forgiven them. So you shall
remove the guilt of innocent
blood from your midst, when
you do what is right in the eyes
of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 21:8-9
Forgive your people Israel
whom You have redeemed, O
LORD, and do not place the
guilt of innocent blood in the
midst of Your people Israel.'
And the bloodguiltiness shall
be forgiven them. So you shall
remove the guilt of innocent
blood from your midst, when
you do what is right in the eyes
of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 21:8-9
Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a
desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the
sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent
blood. Joel 3:19
So you shall not
pollute the land
in which you are;
for blood
pollutes the land
and no expiation
can be made for
the land for the
blood that is shed
on it, except by
the blood of him     40,630,378
who shed it.         abortions in U.S.
Numbers 35:33
                       1973-2000
Abortions 1973-2000      40,630,378 deaths

Revolutionary War               4,435 deaths
Civil War (both sides)        498,332 deaths
World War I                   116,708 deaths

World War II                  407,316 deaths

Korean War                     25,604 deaths

Vietnam                        58,168 deaths
Two
Views
of the

Unborn
  What Do
 Unbelievers
  Say About
The Unborn?
The unborn---7 weeks
          Brain, spinal cord close to
          completion

          Heart chambers developed,
          blood circulates

          Nervous system develops

          Liver, kidneys, lungs,
          intestines began to form
What the Supreme Court says
    about the unborn
              The fetus, at most,
              represents only the
              potentiality of life…the
              unborn have never been
              recognized in the law as
              persons in the whole
              sense

              Roe v. Wade
The unborn---14 weeks


           Major muscles move in
           tandem with brain

           Nervous system functions

           Strong heartbeat heard
What Planned Parenthood says
     about the unborn


               Once it takes its first
               breath, the fetus is called
               a baby.

               Web site
           The unborn---16 weeks

Sucking and swallowing
reflexes

Tooth buds developing

Gender identifiable

Fingers, toes well-defined
            What NOW says
            about the unborn

We reject this move
designed to ascribe legal
personhood to embryos
and fetuses.

Web site
The unborn---18 weeks


           Child grasps, moves mouth

           Hair grows on head, body

           Air sacs forming in
           developing lungs
What the Supreme Court says
    about the unborn

               the word "person", as
               used in the fourteenth
               amendment, does not
               include the unborn.

               Roe V. Wade
      The unborn---20 weeks

Sensory development
reaches peak

Can hear, recognize
mother’s voice

Possible to survive
outside womb
  What Planned Parenthood says
       about the unborn
We know for sure that
the embryo or fetus
cannot perceive pain in
the nearly 99 percent of
abortions that occur
before the 20th week of
pregnancy.
                  Web site
          The unborn---24 weeks


Most vital organs, except
lungs, developed

Able to suck thumb

Taste buds developed
          What the ACLU says
           about the unborn
We have serious
reservations about
legislation designed to
protect fetuses…the
ACLU opposes the
creation of theories of
“fetal rights”
                  Web site
“We really need
to get over
this love affair
with the fetus…”
Joycelyn Elders
former surgeon
general
What Does
  The Bible
 Say About
The unborn?
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird -
no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though
they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to
the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from
them!
                                        Hosea 9:11-12



Innocent life
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird -
no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though
they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to
the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from
them!
                                        Hosea 9:11-12



Innocent life
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their
children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them
when I depart from them!


                                     Then the LORD God
                                     formed man of dust from
                                     the ground, and breathed
                                     into his nostrils the
                                     breath of life; and man
                                     became a living being.
                                     Gen. 2:7
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I
depart from them!

 Now the man had
 relations with his wife
 Eve, and she conceived
 and gave birth to Cain,
 and she said, "I have
 gotten a manchild with
 the help of the LORD.
 Gen. 4:1
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their
children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them
when I depart from them!

                                     When you are helping
                                     the Hebrew women to
                                     give birth and see them
                                     upon the birthstool, if it
                                     is a son,…; but if it
                                     is a daughter,…But the
                                     midwives feared God, and
                                     …let the boys live.
                                     Ex. 1:16-17
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I
depart from them!


But the children struggled
together within her; and
she said, "If it is so, why
then am I this way?" So
she went to inquire of
the LORD.
Gen. 25:22
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I
depart from them!



Or like a miscarriage
which is discarded, I
would not be, As infants
that never saw light.
Job 3:16
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I
depart from them!



If men struggle with each
other and strike a woman
with child so that she
gives birth prematurely,
Ex. 21:22
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I
depart from them!


                                      Let the day perish on
                                      which I was to be born,
                                      And the night which
                                      said, "A boy is
                                      conceived.'
                                      Job 3:3
              30 hours old
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no
pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I
depart from them!


                                     But if the woman has not
                                     defiled herself and is
                                     clean, she will then be
                                     free and conceive
                                     children
                                     Num. 5:28
              30 hours old
    John The Baptizer: at what point human?
Manhood
there came a MAN Jo. 1:6
Birth
she brought forth a SON Lk. 1:57
Children
the CHILD grew Lk. 1:80
Pregnancy
the BABE leaped in the womb Lk. 1:44
Conception
she conceived a SON Lk. 1:36
   The Bible Makes No Distinction
             Between...
     Pre-natal life        Post-natal life

John                  Jesus
The BABE leaped in    The BABE lying in the
my womb Lk. 1:44      manger Lk. 2:16

John                  Jesus
She conceived a SON   She gave birth to her
Lk. 1:36              firstborn SON
                      Lk. 1:57
Behold, children
        are a gift
  of the LORD,
     the fruit of
    the womb is
        a reward.
  Like arrows in
        the hand
    of a warrior,
       so are the
     children of
   one's youth.
   Psalm 127:3-4