Abortion and Religion
“The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy.” Saint Faustina’s Diary Does God forgive abortion? Abortion is one of the foremost causes of suffering in the world, and one of the least acknowledged. The child in the womb suffers in silence, and the mother carries grief, shame, and guilt. A…
Pro-abortionists sometimes claim that there is nothing forbidding abortion in the Bible. For example: Ex-priest Daniel C. Maguire says, “There has been no systematic thinking in Jewish Christian tradition on abortion. There is nothing in the Bible on it.”1 Roy Bowen Ward, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion at Miami University of Ohio, writes, “One thing…
Until about 1950, every major Protestant denomination vigorously opposed abortion, and church leaders condemned it in the strongest possible terms. Ministers were unfazed by pro-abortion criticism because their teachings were solidly based upon the theology of their original founders. John Calvin said: If it seems more disgraceful that a man be killed in his own…
Why be pro-life if God allows babies to die in the womb all the time? If the pro-abortion movement is justified in characterizing God as an abortionist, certainly its opponents have a serious problem to consider. “God Is an Abortionist”: The Atheist View Several major studies of pregnancy have revealed that one-fourth to one-third of all…
Like modern Christians, Jews take a variety of stands on abortion, primarily because the Jewish faith has suffered the same catastrophic ethical schism that has splintered the Christian church. Denominations representing most of Judaism’s adherents have rejected the inspired Word of God. They are following their faith with less intensity, and they are decreasing in…
