I was born Catholic and was raised as such, so abortion was always an abomination, along with suicide. As I matured, I became well aware of the complicated nature of pregnancy and, as I have become an adult, the control men have enforced upon it through the ages. Though I don’t know how I would have felt had I found myself pregnant by a man I did not love at certain times in my life, when it comes to a woman terminating her own pregnancy I am 100% free choice, as I am confident Jesus Christ, himself, would be.
The following are the only passages in the Bible that pertain to the intentional termination of a pregnancy or the human value of an unborn fetus:
1) Exodus 21:22–25 (The Injury to a Pregnant Woman): If men are fighting and strike a pregnant woman so that she has a miscarriage, a fine is imposed if there is no further injury. If there is further injury, the penalty follows the principle of "life for life, eye for eye.”
2) Numbers 5:11–31 (The Ordeal of Bitter Water): Describes a ritual where a wife suspected of infidelity by her husband drinks a bitter water concoction administered by a priest, resulting in a physical curse (such as a swelling abdomen and wasting thigh) if she is guilty.
#2 sure sounds like an induced abortion to me.
If you know of another Bible verse that explicitly deals with abortion or the death of an unborn baby, please quote it here. I have searched for this many times in my life and I cannot find it-- even in versions of the Bible unsanctioned by the Romans.’
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