Question: What does the Bible say about abortion? 1.God recognizes the unborn as a living child (Matt.1:18; Lk.1:41- When Elizabeth was pregnant, the unborn "babe" leaped in her womb at the salutation of Mary; Lk.1:15). The same word (brephos) is used to denote the newborn child (Lk. 2:12,16) as well as the older child (Lk. 18:15). Consider also Psa. 139:13: "For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb" (NASB). 2.If it is wrong to kill an infant anytime after birth, it must also be wrong to kill him anytime before birth. Birth only changes an infant's living quarters, its dining habits, and its air passageway. 3. Pro.6:16-17 God hates those who shed innocent blood. 4. What is often the root cause: Selfishness 2 Tim. 3:2; w/o natural affection Rom. 1:31. cf. Eph. 4:18-19. 5. Party who is totally innocent in the matter is the unborn infant. Choosing the route of abortion gives the death penalty to the innocent baby. 6. Countless couples wait in line for years to adopt a baby. Abortion is not the answer. Sex education courses, instruction about "safe sex" is not the answer. Abortion grows out of a heart of rebellion and disobedience to the will of God. Only the word of God will "turn the hearts of the fathers to the children" (Lk.1:68). David Watts: Abortions kill. Something living is killed in every successful abortion. That's a biological fact, not a subjective moral judgment. Abortion kills something kills something with life. Before the abortion, something is living; after the abortion, it is dead. People trying to defend abortions (or sell abortions) often talk about "terminating a pregnancy (of fetus)," or removing "tissue." That sounds much cleaner than talking about killing an unborn baby. The Scriptures, however, refer to the unborn in words descriptive of human life. For example, after John the baptist's conception, but before his birth, he is referred to in the Scriptures as a "babe." The Bible says: "And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb" (Lk.1:41, see also v. 44). The same word God used to describe the infants Herod murdered in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:16) is used to describe John before his birth. He didn't become a "babe" at birth--he was a baby before birth. An abortion would have killed him--it would have killed a baby. Necessity is the Mother of Invention. No doubt the idea that what abortions kill isn't human life was invented to excuse the slaughter of unborn babies by abortion. It certainly didn't come from the Bible. It is contrary to what the Scriptures teach. It is calculated that an unborn baby is killed every three minutes. That's more than 4,000 babies each day. Behind the smoke screen of high-sounding phrases, like, "pro-choice" are 20 million dead babies--killed by abortions over the last 15 years. (Gospel Anchor, Jan.1992). Related Question: Isn't abortion breaking of the 10 commandments? 1. Abortion is shedding innocent blood. God hates those who shed innocent blood (Prov.6:16-17). 2. God recognizes the unborn as a living child (Matt. 1:18; Lk. 1:41). 3. Just as it is wrong to kill an infant anytime after birth, it is wrong to kill him anytime before birth. Birth only changes an infant's living quarters, its dining habits, and its air passageway. 4. The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" was one of the 10 commandments; that commandment is included in the New Covenant, the law of Christ, under which we live today (Matt. 5:21ff). Yes, God's law which forbids killing is violated by abortion.