Mother shall be the most most love to her bady.But now the mother kill her own childen for her "better" life.This is a betray of blood,and against to natural affection,most evil is her action is means she going to taking the place of God,child is NOT her mother's private property,the child is a gift from God and a duty to the parents,in Christ's eye,the baby's life is equal to his mother one.Abortion is not just a murder but also heresy and violating human ethic.
It is not a GIFT from God. That is not true- throughout biblical history, societies who were considered by God as sinful were subjected to GODS OWN family planning measures.. Giving them barren and miscarrying wombs.. A similar concept to castration..
If children were such a GIFT, and "going forth and multiplying" was something that people "across the board" should do, then the innocent women and daughters of men who did not keep his word, would not be subjected to miscarriage and infertility. Surely you can see that in application, this "shedding of innocent blood" is just and right, and not murder, because it was caused and created by God himself.
Also, there are a multitude of verses showing that life doesnt even begin until a breath of air is taken.
* Sure, he "formed" us in the womb.. He also "formed" Adam out of the dust, and "breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and Adam BECAME a living being"
"Became" being the key word.. First he was just being formed.. He was being made.. made by the creator.. THEN after he was FORMED to the fullest extent of God's satisfaction, he received the "breath of life" into his "nostrils" and " became" alive.
It also says that the soldiers who were most certainly laying dead, their flesh torn, etc, were given the breath of life, and became alive again.
* Sure, he "knew us" when we were in the womb.. the same way any woman and man know when they are expecting. There are signs and symptoms.
*He "knitted us in the womb"- okay- obviously not a literal verse, or else women would have gods hands stretched out, with his knitting needles jutting out of their bellies.. but sure you can construe it in a non-literal way, because as Jesus said to his disciples: "He is in me, and I am in him, and He is in you, and you are in him, also" - This is just as easily saying that KING DAVID was getting some kind of special treatment, and because it is obviously not a literal verse, and pertaining to a particular individual, it should not be treated as if it is intended for all who are born.
If we apply every verse of the bible to all who are conceived or born, and all the powers endowed by God to the individual, and all of the special treatment God gave to these individuals, then All of our mothers would have been virgins, like Mary, and we would therefore all have patron saints as our mothers. Clearly, this does not make sense to any reasonable person.
The Exodus verse also applies only to the Hippocratic concept that all pregnant woman, known or unknown, should be assumed to want the pregnancy, and to be in exclusive possession of it. The person who harms her, must pay for the harm done to her- eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, soul for a soul. If she loses a tooth, so must her injurer. If she loses her life, so must her injurer.
But losing the pregnancy, which is insinuated, because she gives birth prematurely, and back in those days was sure to cause the baby to be miscarried, stillborn, or to not be able to survive long outside of the womb, in any event, while deemed important in some respects, only requires a payment devised by the woman and her husband, whatever amount seems appropriate. This is further justified in the context of the verses surrounding this one.
Exodus 21:18-20 (New International Version)
18 "If men quarrel and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist [a] and he does not die but is confined to bed, 19 the one who struck the blow will not be held responsible if the other gets up and walks around outside with his staff; however, he must pay the injured man for the loss of his time and see that he is completely healed.
20 "If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished,
21 but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.
22 "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely [e] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
I don't like it when people take the bible out of context, so I defend God's teachings in principle as much as possible. And obviously, I, like God, am pro choice. =)