Man, 55, sentenced to 200 years for impregnating his 11-year-old granddaughter | Daily Mail Online
I was reading the article above about a 55 year old grandfather who impregnated his 11 year old granddaughter. I thought to myself, “which is the greater evil: giving this little girl an abortion or making her give birth to her grandfather’s child?” Which do you think is the lesser evil? Do the unborn have equal right/value as the already born? What would you do if you were the mother/father of this little girl? What does it mean when the bible says “the breath of life”?
I immediately recalled Exodus 21:22-25. “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
Back then, when women gave birth “prematurely” it was almost always certain death for the fetus/child and many times for the mother as well (but the survival was obviously higher for the mother). If the fetus/baby dies (but the mother lives), the guy who hit her is to pay a fine. If the unborn are truly 100% equivalent to the already born, why then is it a capital offense only when the mother dies but NOT when the fetus/child dies? If all abortions are murder, why is one murder treated astronomically differently (a simple monetary fine) and the other is a capital offense? Would it be fair to say there is a HUGE distinction between the mother’s life and the fetus/child’s? Why or why not? If the unborn is not considered a living human being (but a potential human being), would it be appropriate to abort the fetus in a case where a grandfather fathers a child with his granddaughter?
I was reading the article above about a 55 year old grandfather who impregnated his 11 year old granddaughter. I thought to myself, “which is the greater evil: giving this little girl an abortion or making her give birth to her grandfather’s child?” Which do you think is the lesser evil? Do the unborn have equal right/value as the already born? What would you do if you were the mother/father of this little girl? What does it mean when the bible says “the breath of life”?
I immediately recalled Exodus 21:22-25. “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
Back then, when women gave birth “prematurely” it was almost always certain death for the fetus/child and many times for the mother as well (but the survival was obviously higher for the mother). If the fetus/baby dies (but the mother lives), the guy who hit her is to pay a fine. If the unborn are truly 100% equivalent to the already born, why then is it a capital offense only when the mother dies but NOT when the fetus/child dies? If all abortions are murder, why is one murder treated astronomically differently (a simple monetary fine) and the other is a capital offense? Would it be fair to say there is a HUGE distinction between the mother’s life and the fetus/child’s? Why or why not? If the unborn is not considered a living human being (but a potential human being), would it be appropriate to abort the fetus in a case where a grandfather fathers a child with his granddaughter?