Abortion: What Does God Say?

According to Scripture, it is God who opens wombs (Gen. 29:31; 30:17-24; Ps. 113:9) and closes wombs (Gen. 20:18; 1 Sam. 1:5). God is Lord of the womb and, under God’s Lordship, life begins and a soul is created by God when an egg is fertilized. With this background, how should Christians think about Abortion (i.e., the killing of a baby in a mother's womb)? God forbids murder (Exo. 20:13; Rev. 21:8), but does this include a person in a womb? Are there exceptions where a mother would be justified in killing her child in her womb? Should a mother kill her child if the child's father raped her? Should the mother kill her child to save her own life? In this episode, Pastors Zac and Brandon discuss this difficult issue. (Also see: Job 31:15; Ps. 22:9-10; 100:3; 139:14-15; Jer. 1:5; Luke 1:41)

For more information, see: 

Abortion by R.C. Sproul 

Do You Really Love Life? by Timothy Brindle 

Healing After Abortion: God's Mercy Is for You by David Powlison 

Forgiveness After an Abortion by Julie Ganschow

Abortion is Immoral: An Animated Roadmap of the Argument by Justin Taylor 

"Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey Haunt Our Country" - Some of the Most Clarifying Words in Supreme Court Historyby R. Albert Mohler Jr.