What does the Bible really say about abortion?

General Faith
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That is twisting Scripture. It does NOT say “thou shalt not perform an abortion”. Equating the two is misapplying God’s commandment.

Regarding Psalm 139: So, in your opinion, God creates fetuses with fatal anomalies which guarantee that they will no be able to survive? Misapplying psalm 139 is distorting Scripture! David wrote about his personal experience. He is the same man who killed Goliath, thereby violating the commandment “Thou shalt not kill”. In fact, God permitted the firstborn of Egypt to all be killed. How do you explain that??? Weren’t the Egyptian babies also divine masterpieces on God’s embroidery hoop?

Why did God permit Herod to kill all the boys in Israel two years old and younger???

God also chose Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt and gave him the Ten Commandments, yet MOSES WAS A MURDERER.

Here is some advice: stop cherry-picking those parts of Scripture to make God’s word mean something that it doesn’t.

I accept what the Bible says in its entirety! You should do the same.

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Benny, you came in swinging with passion, but let’s cut through the fog of emotion and stare straight into the light of Scripture. Because your argument—while dressed in compassion—needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror of biblical authority, not medical expediency.

What Scripture Actually Teaches

Let’s be clear: The Bible does speak to this, even if it doesn’t use modern clinical terms like “abortion.” God doesn’t need a Planned Parenthood pamphlet to define morality. Here’s the kicker:

“You shall not murder.” —Exodus 20:13
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” —Jeremiah 1:5
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” —Proverbs 24:11

Scripture is consistent. Life in the womb is not a “potential person”—it is a person known by God. If God knows the child in the womb, you don’t get to pretend that dismembering that child is just “healthcare.” Nice-sounding euphemisms don’t erase blood on the hands.

Medical Exceptions: Moral Clarity or Moral Confusion?

You brought up ectopic pregnancies and lethal anomalies. So let’s walk through it without flinching:

  • Ectopic pregnancy is a tragic, rare case where the child cannot survive at all, and the mother will die if no intervention happens. Addressing it to save the mother’s life is not the same moral category as elective abortion. That’s not abortion for convenience or fear—it’s triage under the principle of double effect. No Christian ethics textbook on earth equates that with murder. But you didn’t stop there.

  • You extended the exception into the realm of emotional prediction: “The baby might suffer,” “the child won’t live long,” “it’s more merciful to end it now.” And that, friend, is where your argument turns from tragic necessity to theological error. You’re not God. You don’t get to preemptively play executioner because life might be hard or short. Suffering isn’t a permission slip to kill. Jesus didn’t say, “Let the little ones come to Me, unless they have a deformity.” He said come.

False Doctrine in Focus: “Abortion Isn’t Murder”

That line right there? That’s not just wrong—it’s damnably dangerous. If tearing apart a living child in the womb by forceps isn’t murder, what is? You’re not correcting propaganda—you’re parroting it.

You say medical professionals aren’t immoral? Some aren’t. But participating in child sacrifice on an altar labeled “choice” is not “just doing your job.” It’s what Pharaoh’s midwives were commanded to do—and they refused (Exodus 1:17). That’s what righteousness looks like. God praised them. He didn’t tell them to follow orders and fill out the right paperwork.

The Real Propaganda Machine

You warn people about political propaganda? Good. Start by unplugging from the one telling you that a womb is a war zone and the child is the enemy. That’s not medicine. That’s Molech with a sterile mask and a press release.

We don’t love women by lying to them. We don’t uphold morality by pretending God shrugs at dismemberment as long as it’s done in a clinic. And we don’t honor doctors by excusing death-dealing as healing.

It’s not “judging” to call a sin what God calls it. It’s called truth. And truth sets people free—not from children, but from the chains of death.

—Sincere Seeker. Scripturally savage. Here for the Truth.

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Abortion could be viewed as murder which the bible forbids. Abortion will continue to divide & is being used for politics, presented as a binary (pro-life or pro-choice).
The question to abort, give up for adoption or transfer is a subjective issue for either parent and the question needs to evolve, in order to be resolved:

  1. A man and a woman find out they are going to be parents; either indivdual may not want to have a child.
  2. In the U.S., if the mom decides to have baby, father is required to pay child support but hopefully would marry and/or help love/raise baby. Psalm 103:13 says, “As a father shows compassion to his children"
  3. This argument is usually framed and presented as a “choice” dilemna for the mom to decide.
  4. Fathers are not usually included as being part of that decision even though the bible gives ample instructions for fathers and legally they are responsible 50%.
  5. Reasons for abortion are varied and layered with slight nuances. Personally, I struggled & still do, after being told…
  6. Tragically, the most common reasons given (poverty and youth) speak to the absence of God in people’s lives and our failing as a nation. Noone argues that abortion is good.
  7. God’s Word speaks, in volumes of chapters/verse, to both mothers and fathers on how to raise, teach and love for children - that fact alone supports that Christians should be anti-abortion.
  8. It is conceivable that technology would permit transplanting a fetus into an artificial womb in a few years. This field has seen amazing advancements.
  9. How many men exist that, if they had been given the option, would have chosen to have their babies transplanted so they could be fathers, as God commanded. In the future this may a be a real choice.
    https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/health/grief-sad-dads-club-wellness
    How much better if we would change the choice to: “to keep or give babies to be loved by others”.
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Not only thou shalt not kill… Proverbs 6:16-19
Authorized (King James) Version
16 These six things doth the Lord hate:
yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 a proud look, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 a false witness that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among brethren.

If a baby inside the womb isn’t “innocent blood” please show me how is not !
The issue is NOT abortion to save a mother’s life…abortion is unfortunately commonly used for birth control by those who realize they do not want to have a child.

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Your post leaves out a prime factor of most abortions: the need for an abortion for medical reasons. There are quite a few reasons to terminate a pregnancy, among them being an ectopic pregnancy, a malformed fetus that is UNABLE to survive outside the womb, carrying the fetus to term clearly threatens the life of the mother, and more. → The decision to perform an abortion should be left entirely to the woman and her physician ←

The abortion debate is hysterical nonsense, driven by politicians. ALL MEDICAL DECISIONS SHOULD BE PRIVATE!

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People cite Psalm 139 – “… you knit me together in my mother’s womb” as biblical evidence why there should be no abortions. However, there are problems with taking those verses to show that God values all human life.

a) Clearly the psalmist lived to write those words.
b) GOD IS NOT PRO-LIFE! Two examples from the Bible… 1) He killed ALL THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT, including the firstborn of animals. 2) He allowed Herod to kill all the male children two years old and younger.

The Old Testament has several accounts of God’s people killing off entire populations, including children. He did not stop children being sacrificed to Moloch. Etc.

The idea that God wants all humans to live simply disagrees with much of Scripture. He is God and it is difficult to understand all His actions but to Him → all life is NOT sacred ←

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Ah, Benny… doubling down with a theological shrug and a white coat defense, are we?

You say abortion should be between “a woman and her physician.” I’ll raise you: Where’s God in your exam room? Because if your moral compass has no north beyond human opinion, you’re not making a medical decision—you’re playing deity without credentials.

Let’s unpack your attempt to cloak child sacrifice in clinical terminology.

First: ectopic pregnancy? Already addressed. It’s not abortion in the moral sense because the intent is not to kill the child, but to save the mother when both cannot survive. That’s triage, not targeted execution. But again—you’re using this rare case to excuse the slaughter of millions for convenience. That’s like using emergency amputation to justify chopping off limbs for sport.

Second: “Malformed fetus unable to survive”? You mean the ones you’ve deemed unworthy of even brief existence? Since when did “this life might be short” become biblical grounds for snuffing it out early? You know who else had no beauty that we should desire Him, no form or majesty? Christ. (Isaiah 53:2) Want to start applying that “not fit for life” standard retroactively to Him?

And then you go nuclear: “God is not pro-life.” Bold blasphemy wrapped in cherry-picked bloodshed. Let’s clear the air.

Yes, God has taken life. You know why? Because He’s God. You’re not. He has the authority to give and take life (Job 1:21). You? You have zero biblical permission to wield the sword over the unborn like you’re the fourth member of the Trinity.

You cite Egypt’s firstborn and Herod’s massacre as if that gives you a green light to join in? Benny, those were acts of divine judgment and demonic evil—not templates for medical ethics. You’re not Moses. And Planned Parenthood is not the Passover.

As for Molech? You say God didn’t stop the sacrifices? No—He condemned them with fire and fury (Jeremiah 7:31–32). He called it detestable. He said it never even entered His mind. That’s how vile it was. And yet you’re out here defending its sanitized version.

Psalm 139 still stands. God knits—you dismember. God ordains days—you argue for ending them early. Yes, David lived to write the Psalm. That doesn’t invalidate the truth of what he said. It just proves he wasn’t aborted.

Let’s be brutally honest: your argument isn’t really about ethics. It’s about autonomy. “Leave the decision to the woman and the doctor.” Right—just like Eve and the serpent. No need to involve the Creator when you’ve got your own counsel, huh?

But here’s the unshakable truth: Life belongs to God. Not to man. Not to medicine. And certainly not to moral relativism dressed up in a lab coat.

He sees every life. He forms every child. And He will hold every nation, every doctor, every politician—and yes, every Benny—accountable for what they did to the least of these.

—Sincere Seeker. Scripturally savage. Here for the Truth.

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@Benny
Come on brother, I was addressing the majority (the 15%+/-), not the the medically necessitated exceptions which are less than 1%. Argument for arguments sake?

The decision to perform an abortion should be left entirely to the woman and her physician ←

  • That statement does not apply for females 15-17 since they are not women, a significant portion of abortions. Both sets of parents should be involved.
  • There was a man involved at some point and if there is a birth, he is obligated for 18 years. That is just the way it is in the U.S., why exclude him? Another common reason given is, fear of raising a child alone.

I get it-noone wants back-room abortions or the interstate-abortion traffic, such as NM gets from TX - currently happening, but this topic is really about guidance for Christians and we know that we will be judged one day. God is love; abortion by Moms (and Dads) because parenthood is inconvenient is not the loving way.
My kids are all incredible :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
Signed,
Happy Dad

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I don’t know where you get your data, but my wife and her best friend are CNMs so they know reality, not generated statistics (by whom?). And the idea that young women 15-17 aren’t women is meaningless. They ARE women because they are capable of bearing children.

And where did this “obligated for 18 years” come from? Quite a few young men impregnate teenagers and disappear, leaving the young woman and her family to deal with the pregnancy. So that is NOT “just the way it is in the US”.

I notice that you didn’t respond to God’s not preventing Herod’s murder of the young boys or His killing all of Egypt’s firstborn. So maybe the usual Christian argument about the sacredness of all life doesn’t stand up to examination of God’s word.

Nobody likes abortion, but it is sometimes a necessary procedure. That’s life.

I’m glad that your kids are incredible. So are my children and grandchildren. We are very fortunate; others aren’t as fortunate, which is why abortions are necessary medical procedures, performed by moral, caring people who sometimes are very serious Christians.

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@Benny
Ignorance of laws is not a defense, unless one is incompetent.

:head_shaking_vertically:
That’s you; I accept there are all types on this forum, each entitled.

I choose to believe one of the Bible’s purposes is to give us the Godly moral that to abort a baby should not be done or be acceptable as “necessary”, unless to save Mom.

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The Bible says NOTHING about abortion. Since my wife (who was a midwife) who knows a lot more than you or I know about it, and IS a very serious Christian, I respect her thoughts on the matter. Period.

People citing specific verses out of context or interpret what the Bible says with a predetermined result don’t impress me in the slightest. I accept the thoughts of compassionate professionals, particularly Christian ones. Period.

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Ah, Benny. When all else fails, pull the “my-wife-is-a-midwife-and-a-Christian” card and slam it down like a royal flush. Problem is… that ain’t how biblical authority works. God didn’t outsource truth to your dinner table.

Let’s get one thing surgically clear:

“The Bible says nothing about abortion” is the theological equivalent of “the Constitution doesn’t mention the internet, so online crimes aren’t real.” Just because the word “abortion” doesn’t appear in black ink doesn’t mean the issue isn’t addressed in blood-red principle.

The Bible is explicit about the value of unborn life:

“For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother’s womb… Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me.” —Psalm 139:13–16

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” —Jeremiah 1:5

“If men fight and hit a pregnant woman… and there is harm, you shall give life for life.” —Exodus 21:22–23

That’s not silence. That’s divine clarity. Scripture affirms personhood in the womb, accountability for harm done to the unborn, and God’s sovereign knowledge and calling on each child before birth. You can’t claim to love Scripture and pretend those verses don’t light the whole issue up like Sinai on fire.

And let’s talk about your next move—“My wife is a serious Christian midwife.” Okay, praise God for her profession and her faith. But salvation and scrubs don’t combine into new revelation. “She’s a Christian” isn’t an exemption clause from biblical truth. Plenty of people call Jesus Lord and still miss the mark (Matthew 7:21). Serious Christians still need serious discernment.

Your logic sounds noble, but here’s the reality: truth isn’t determined by compassion—it’s defined by Scripture.

You say you’re unimpressed by people “citing verses out of context”? Fine. But what you’re doing is ignoring verses in context—which is worse. That’s not discernment. That’s dismissal.

And let’s not pretend this is about isolated cases or rare tragedies. The vast majority of abortions are not about life-threatening emergencies. They’re about lifestyle management. You’re invoking “Christian professionals” to shield a practice God calls murder. That’s not medicine. That’s moral laundering.

Bottom line? Compassion without truth is compromise. And truth without obedience is rebellion. You don’t get to shut down debate with “Period.” when God already spoke with an exclamation.

You say your wife is serious about her faith? Then I hope she’s serious enough to align it with the Word—and not the world’s talking points.

—Sincere Seeker. Scripturally savage. Here for the Truth.