How Should a Christian View Abortion?

Question of the Week: How should a Christian view the topic of abortion?

The issue of abortion is only called an issue because people who support it continuously try to redefine it. Abortion is viewed from 3 categories, all of which are controversial no matter the topic. A Christian who can clarify all three from a biblical worldview will be able to prevent people from avoiding the real issue.
1. A Political Issue: Abortion being made illegal or not is an issue of politics to some because they claim that doing so will end up legislating morality. The problem with this issue is that they are confusing enforcing religious practice with legislation. All laws are legislating morality. You don’t have to be a Christian to recognize the merit of Christian morality. Clarifying this issue will simply be a result of clarifying that term. If abortion is made illegal, it’s on the same basis every law is based on. A moral code. Not the enforcement of a particular religion.
2. A Moral Issue: Abortion is a moral issue to some because it is by definition deliberately ending the life of a helpless human being. This issue is distorted by either redefining what makes someone human, or redefining what murder is. Making up hypothetical scenarios of rape and incest that compose less than 1% of all abortions as a standard for the other 99.9% are not only inconsistent, but unscientific. Do your research and point out that the only difference between an unborn child and a human adult is the same difference between a thirty year old and thirteen year old. Time and nurture. The “zygote” has all of the same chromosomes and potential to grow that a 15 year old has to grow up to be 20. As long as neither have their skulls crushed by scissors and thrown into a blender that is. Even if the mother’s life is in danger, any mother if asked to choose between the life of their baby or their own won’t have to be given a lot of time to give an answer.
3. A Biblical Issue: Abortion is an issue people claim Christianity has nothing to say about because the term abortion is never used or condemned in the Bible. Unfortunately this is simply false. Not only is the pagan practice of Moloch worship through infant sacrifice a capital offense in scripture, but unborn babies are addressed and treated as fully human both in the Old and New Testament. The prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah are both called by God to ministry within their mother’s wombs, David calls himself a sinner by nature the moment he was conceived, and individuals like Jesus and John the Baptist are described as having emotional reactions and identities as Children while still in their mother’s wombs.

According to the Bible, science, and modern law, Abortion is illegal, immoral, and condemned by scripture. No matter where or how the issue is addressed, every Christian should be informed about and stand against the practice of it.