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What the Bible says about abortion
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Rochelle Manguino Student No. 993397891 RLG225H5 Mar. 31st 2005 The Bible and Christianity on Abortion There has been recent debate over the Christian ethics of abortion, and what the Bible's implications of the matter are. One must first acknowledge that the Bible does not directly say anything about abortion. Kerby Anderson is the president of Probe Ministries, a non-profit organization whose mission is to "reclaim the primacy of Christian thought and values in Western culture through media." (http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/arg-abor.html) He claims that the reason abortion is not mentioned in the Bible is because the act was so unthinkable - so absurd - to an Israelite woman at the time that there was no need to even mention it in the criminal code. Many Christians have, however, sought to seek the implications of the Bible's teachings on abortion. They believe God created each person superbly in his/her mother's womb, the destruction of this innocent being is an...
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