Nice try. Scripture clearly enunciates in Psalm 139 that life begins and is ordained BEFORE birth.
Secondly, my strongest objection to abortion is not Biblical or even Christian but CONSTITUTIONAL.
LIFE is the first inalienable right. It is enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and it is clearly, specifically protected in the FIFTH and FOURTEENTH Amendments. Life is the right that trumps (pardon the pun) all others, for without the right to life, all other rights are irrelevant.
So, the question turns on these two points - first, are the unborn alive? That's a no-brainer.
Second, are they human? While some might try to argue that their humanity doesn't begin until birth, the fact is that the human fetus develops its own DNA very early in the first trimester. By any biological measure, a child in the womb is still a HUMAN child.
And to kill it is to end a human life.
It has nothing to do with keeping women barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. I am strong believer in contraception. But I also believe that human life is too sacred to be thrown away on the altars of convenience, or feminism, or sexual liberty.
Even if there is some doubt about the answer to the two questions above, in the end, should not the government err on the side of life, rather than arbitrarily authorize what is, for all practical purposes, the extermination of an innocent human being?
I have read all the justifications and arguments for abortion, but in the end, none of the horrible wrongs that can lead to terminating a pregnancy are made one less whit wrong by killing a human being who never asked to be in that situation to begin with.
Where is the due process for the unborn?
