The following is a post with a response from the CARM discussion board on abortion with a person named Chad. Chad: The following statements: There might be personal reasons a woman doesn't want to go through with a pregnancy, a woman has a right to bodily integrity...
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No money and Jacob, my deformed son, in the womb
My son Jacob would be seven now, but he died at birth. Jacob had holoprosencephaly, a genetic deformity that occurs in one of every 58,000 births. The result was that he had a substantially underdeveloped brain. His lungs weren't very good either, his thumb was...
If it isn’t human, then what is it?
Pro-abortion people like to say that the life in the womb isn't human. They have to say that in order to justify killing it but take a look at the picture to the right and read the comment from the doctor. "Years ago, while giving an anesthetic for a ruptured tubal...
Is an embryo human?
This is a difficult question to answer. I'm a theologian and not a biologist, and I make no pretense to being an expert in the latter field. Nevertheless, I hope to contribute meaningful ideas to the discussion. First of all, I think the question is insufficient. ...
Chronological development of a baby
What is the chronological development of a human baby? The following is a listing, in outline form, of the stages of the development from fetus to birth. It is worth noting what is involved in human development. It is slow, but it is there. 1st week (1st...
A logical argument against abortion
Many people will refuse to accept God's Word as a standard by which they should live and make decisions. That is their right to reject it, though to do so is, ultimately, irrational. Nevertheless, I offer the following reasons for not having abortions. What is...
Abortion and the acorn is not a tree argument
The pro-abortionists sometimes use the analogy of an acorn not being a tree in order to demonstrate that a fetus is not human. They say that just as the acorn has the potentiality to be a tree, the fetus also has the potentiality to be a human; but since potentiality...
Why is abortion wrong?
The primary reason abortion is wrong is that God said that we are not to murder. But not all people believe what God says so let's look at it from a different angle. We are allowed to take life under the prescribed requirements of law such as self-defense, war,...
Abortion Terminology
The following is a list of many terms related to abortion that are found in the articles on carm. They are succinct and listed in alphabetical order. Abortion The termination of a pregnancy. Cervix The cone-shaped neck of the uterus that extends into the vagina....
What is the source of abortion?
The root of abortion is in the deadness of the hearts of men and women. Just as life cannot come from death (unless by a miracle), neither can the fruit of life come from a dead heart. From a dead heart comes death. That is why so many want death for the unborn. ...