Chapter 18: Myth—Abortion Doesn’t Matter

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Myth—Abortion Doesn’t Matter

God Loves Children!

“Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the

womb is a reward.” Psalm 127:3 NASB

“You created my inmost self, knit me together in my mother’s womb. For so many marvels I thank You; a

wonder am I, and all Your works are wonders. You knew me through and through, my being held no secrets from You, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth. Your eyes could see my embryo. In

Your book all my days were inscribed, every one that was fixed is there.” Psalm 139:13-16 NJB

“Upon THEE I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God

from my mother’s womb.” Psalm 22:10 NASB

“Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.” Amos 1:13 NRSV

“Then they made their sons and their daughters pass

through the fire … and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him. … And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of

His sight.” 2 Kings 17:17-20 NASB 33

“The sin of child-sacrifice, in fact, is mentioned as one of the major reasons that the kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians and the

people taken into exile. Notice that this practice was a religious ritual. Not even for ‘religious freedom’ can the killing of children be tolerated.” 33

“ ‘Who are these with you?’ … [They are] ‘The children whom God has graciously given [to] your servant.’ ”