Abortion Handout

Abortion

Sproul, states that “No teaching in the Old Testament or New Testament explicitly condemns or condones abortion.” . However, this does not mean the Bible is silent on the issue. The key to a biblical ethic or morality is to carefully weigh what the biblical text actually states.

An Old Testament Passage

• One passage that appears to at least be related to abortion is Exodus 21:22-24. How might this passage be interpreted?

A Biblical Principle

• What does Genesis 9:4-7 teach ?

• According Genesis 9:4-7, why does God have such a strong position on the taking of human life? How does this compare with

Genesis 1:26-27?

What Is Human?

• What do the following Old Testament passages say about life? Psalm 22:9-10, Jeremiah 1:5

• How can you respond to someone who states that a fetus is merely a parasite, or a blob of protoplasm, something like cancer, a foreign body growing within the mother?

• When does a fetus become a human?

The Selfishness of Abortion

• What condition is necessary for someone to have an abortion?
• What must happen for a women to be pregnant?

The Ultimate Issue

• When it comes down to it, what does Exodus 20:13 say?

R.C. Sproul, How Should We Live in this Word, page 82