Concerning babies and abortion

In “Canaanite Child Sacrifice, Abortion, and the Bible,” Henry B. Smith, Jr. offers several considerations from the Bible concerning babies and abortion.

• Conception is a gift from God (e.g. Genesis 21:1-2; 30:22-23; Judges 13:3-5; 1 Samuel 1:20).
• God is the Creator of the Unborn (e.g. Job 10: 8-11; 31:15; Psalm 139:13-16; Isaiah 44:2).
• The Unborn Responds to God (e.g. Luke 1:15, 41-44).
• The Continuum of Identity or Personhood, i.e. the unborn person in the womb and born person out of the womb is the same person (e.g. Psalm 139:13-16; Jeremiah 1:5; Luke 1:35; Galatians 1:14-16).
• Prohibitions against Unlawful Killing (e.g. Genesis 9:6; Exodus 1:15-18; 20:13; 21:22-23; Amos 1:13).