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(quoting Dietrich Bonhoeffer) Destruction of the embryo in the
mother’s womb is a violation of the right to live which God has
bestowed upon this nascent life. To raise the question whether
we are here concerned already with a human being or not is
merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God
certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent
human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that
is nothing but murder. [7]
The number of babies killed in the USA through abortion in four
months is approximately equal to the number of Americans killed
during the whole of World War II. [16]
The Scriptures everywhere assume and teach that the moral law is
permanent and binding. Both Testaments affirm that love and law
go together, each giving meaning to the other. [20]
The right to life must take precedence over all other rights
such as the right to freedom or the right to happiness. This has
implications that need to be faced when we come to consider
cases such as pregnancy resulting from rape or an unborn child
who is deformed. That these are sad cases, worthy of all
compassion, must be admitted, but this should not cloud the
central issue. [50]
To define man in terms of language, utility, personality, or
knowledge is to miss the biblical point that the preciousness of
human life comes from the fact that man is created in God’s
image. [60]
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