The practice of abortion has existed for thousands of years.
In the United States it has been accepted and legalized since 1973.
There have been over 65 (65,464,760) million
• World War I cost
• Mao Zedong’s regime in China from 1949-1976 accounted for 40 million lives and in Russia
• Stalin’s regime, 1925-1953 took 20 million lives.
• The comparison reveals the loss of lives that have occurred through individual willful acts, each having a traumatic effect on society.
Q: Why do we say human life is sacred?
God created humanity in
Examining The Argument.
Abortion advocates argue for the right to privacy and viability (relate to the Roe v. Wade court case of which, legalized abortion). Another prominent objection includes the issue of
Rom. 14:7; Gen. 2:7; Ps. 139:13-16; Isa. 49:1,5; Gal. 1:15
The argument of the right to privacy is inclusive of two primary principles:
The decision is a private and intimate one: should be made by a woman, her physician, and her family, since they know what is best for the woman; when in fact it’s performed by a physician who is not currently her primary care physician, perhaps a stranger, or someone she met years ago.
No law requires it to be her primary care physician. She is not under constraint of the law to inform or get consent from her husband or any family member. (Planned Parenthood of Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 1976).
Additionally, there is nothing in the United States Constitution that states that each individual has a right to privacy. It was declared by the Supreme Court in 1973 that the mother’s right was a higher right than that of the unborn, though the Constitution does not explicitly state this.
The argument of
• The theory of viability is ambiguous.
• Bioethicist Andrew Varga brings up several challenges for the case of viability…
How does viability change the nature of the non-human into human?
In other words, humanity remains the same, but viability changes. Viability is subject to change according to society’s technological advances.
Another prominent objection includes the issue of personhood.
Rom. 14:7; Gen. 2:7; Ps. 139:13-16; Isa. 49:1,5; Gal. 1:15
• The argument of personhood is said to have particular criteria that each human must fulfill
• Joseph Fletcher statement on the “potentiality of personhood” suggest requirements that neglect what is said to be a potential person is in fact, as the requirements suggest, not just a potential person, but a functioning person. The difference here is not to whether the being is a person, but whether the being is actually functioning as a person.
• Beckwith comments, “What is potential about the child in the womb is not her being as a person. That functioning is potential in the sense that she now has only a latent capacity to function, and not yet a present immediate capacity, because her basic inherent capacity has not yet had a chance to develop sufficiently.” It is not the potentially functioning person that deserves protection, but each person, whether currently functioning as others or not.
Rape: The report from the South Dakota Task Force many of the common misnomers of the abortion right advocates have been dismantled. The issue of rape has often been the vehicle for abortion rights advocates. Yet this report brings perspective to the issue; 0.1% of rapes result in pregnancy.
This also considers the question should one
Examining The Value.
• Human life remains innate and present at birth with God’s
• Francis Schaeffer writes, “It is as though God put exclamation points here to indicate that there is something special about the creation of man.”
• Job 10: 11-12, Ps. 119:73, 139:13-16, 127:3-5, Jer. 1:5, Gen. 1:26-27
In closing…
God created humanity as objects of His infinite love, mercy and compassion, towards remaining instruments of His infinite love, mercy and compassion.
