Abortion is not Murder? Part 1

 
 

Only a person can be murdered. Therefore, abortion is not murder unless one considers the fetus to be a person. According to Roe v. Wade, the word "person" does not include the unborn, and a fetus does not have equal status with the mother until the point of viability, or when the fetus can exist outside of the mother's womb. In addition, according to the common law in criminal matters, the definition of a "person" is one who has been born alive. The Earlier an abortion is done, the safer and less painful.



Before 6 weeks, an abortion leaves no recognizable remains. The tiny embryo is completely shredded in the process of the abortion. The embryo has not yet taken on recognizable human features. If you have a medical (by pill) (Eprosol 200mg)abortion before 6 weeks, you will not see a recognizable embryo. (surgical abortions are seldom done before 7 weeks) However, the embryo’s heart has been beating since the 21st day and he or she (gender is determined at conception) has brain waves at the end of the 5th week. She is already a growing organism. At six weeks though, body parts are forming.

Did Science say that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception.
The "genetic definition" of personhood, as developed by the evangelical Francis Schaeffer and former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, holds that science proves personhood at the moment of conception. Their argument follows that since the whole genetic code is established when the ovum and sperm is united, and each code is unique, a unique person is therefore created at the moment of conception.

This logic is flawed, however, because although there is a continuum from conception to death, there is a difference between an actual person and a potential or possible person. A fertilized ovum, or zygote, is a cluster of cells; taking this genetic code argument to its extreme, each of those cells is encoded with a specific DNA. If each of these cells is then to be considered a possible human being, then any time any cell is removed, through surgery for instance, a potential life is destroyed. 

The Bible says a fetus is a person from the moment of conception.
Two passages are most often quoted to explain the theory of life from conception. The first is Psalm 139:13-15: "For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb... My frame was not hidden from thee when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth." If this verse is to be taken literally, then the Psalmist came from the ground, not his mother's womb.

The second is Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations." This verse simply refers to the concept of God's foreknowledge, and his divine plan for certain individuals, in this case, the prophet Jeremiah. However, Genesis 2:7 states that "The Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." According to this verse, a fetus is not a person — a living soul — until after birth, when it take s its first breath. 

Additionally, conservative Christians speak about becoming a "new spiritual person" by being "born again," quoting John 3:7, "You must be born again." So, if spiritual life is described as a new "birth," then it follows that physical life, or personhood, comes from "birth," not conception. Otherwise the Bible would say, "You must be conceived again."
Finally, the Bible never explicitly mentions abortion.

Hey dont be too happy. Perhaps when you read my Part 2 of this Article you would have a rethink. You will personally know if you Tearing apart a living being or not.