Why abortion is murder

Among some of the most highly talked about issues in America these days, abortion is at the top of the list. What has helped sparked the popularity of this topic is when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade making abortion illegal; Roe vs. Wade legalized the right to abortion in 1973. I could talk about the history of abortion in the U.S. but I’ll get to the meat and potatoes on why abortion is wrong.

In all cases excluding safety reasons, abortion is murder. Some say abortion isn’t wrong except for cases in which an extremely rare emergency abortion may be needed, say, to save the mother’s life when both the baby and mother will die with all other avenues having been tried; it is obvious that we don’t live in a perfect world and every scenario is different. But, if abortion isn’t needed for health reasons, abortion is murder in every single case. 

According to these several sources, “there is no situation in which an abortion is medically necessary” and “[w]e confirm that the prohibition of abortion does not affect, in any way, the availability of optimal care to pregnant women.” (Rose and Harrison; “Premature Delivery Is Not Induced Abortion”).

However, other articles say that an emergency abortion may be necessary for the health of the mother.

For example, this article says the following:

“There are situations where pregnancy termination in the form of the abortion is the only medical intervention that can preserve a patient’s health or save their life,” the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Physicians for Reproductive Health wrote in a 2019 joint statement. (Solis-Moreira, Jocelyn)

Even if there are extremely rare cases in which an emergency abortion is needed, they are just that—extremely rare—and overall we can say that abortion is murder.

Each scenario is different and it seems that the persons involved may need to use discernment. At the end of the day, they know what their intentions are.

You don’t have to listen to my stance on this issue because God, the author of everyone and the Creator of morality, says it is wrong. Not only does He say it is wrong, but you know it is wrong as well. Your conscience tells you it is not right. Plain and simple: it is murder. I could post just a few Bible verses to give you God’s view on the topic but you can visit this webpage to get many more:

https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-abortion/ (“20 Bible Verses about Abortion – What Does Scripture Say?”)

Gotquestions.org also has a great article discussing abortion related to God’s Will:

https://www.gotquestions.org/abortion-Bible.html (“What Does the Bible Say about Abortion?”)

People can argue and say a human hasn’t formed yet. But, we all know that the zygote was going to become a human being at some point in the future. If it is morally wrong to murder someone at, say, the age of two, why is it morally right to murder them prior to them being born knowing that they would have almost definitely become a human being to reach the age of two?

People can say that it’s “my body, my choice.” While God certainly gives us plenty of freedom and isn’t a controlling puppet master looking down at all of His creation while scrutinizing every single action we make, this is not an example of a choice God embraces. In this case, the human life supersedes liberty. The human life has rights — in this case fetal rights — just like all of us. Just because the person cannot think or stand up for themselves yet doesn’t mean he or she doesn’t have rights. People with disabilities that may not be able to stand up for themselves have rights, right? Why is this different?

Finally, a failproof rebuttal to close the case on why abortion is wrong: