There is a battle going on right now in the courts over one state’s 1931 ban on abortion. Can’t you hear the arguments in your imagination? “Oh, c’mon! That is ancient history! We’ve grown as a nation since then! We are so much more advanced now! We’ve got move on beyond our foolish, closed-minded past!” Is a 90-year-old ban on abortion all that naïve?
What about a 2,000-year-old ban? Jesus banned abortion in the New Testament (Mark 7:21; 10:19; Rom. 1:29; Gal. 5:21; 1 Pet. 4:15). What about a 3,500-year-old ban? God banned abortion in the Old Testament (Ex. 20:13; Deut. 5:17; Prov. 6:16-17). “If men…hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely…if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life” (Ex. 21:22-23). What about a 6,000-plus-year-old ban on abortion? Murder has been prohibited from the beginning, with the “blood” of those who are killed “crying out to God” (Gen. 4:8-10).
Whatever a state or nation or individual decides about abortion, God has already ruled on it!