In the USA, but also in Germany and Austria, Christians have different opinions on the subject of abortion. Some give women the right to decide for themselves what feminists demand; others see abortion as murder, and aborted women and doctors as murderers.
But is it really just a "black and white thing"? Or is it a little more complicated?
Should a woman or girl who has been raped be forced to have a baby, or should she not be given the right to abortion, to avoid further psychological and physical harm?
And what is the mother of 8 children who can no longer feed any more children because the husband/partner has left?
And what about the woman who doesn't want children and where the anti-baby pill has failed?
Should a woman or girl who has been raped be forced to have a baby, or should she not be given the right to abortion, to avoid further psychological and physical harm?
What is your opinion on this?
I believe that a woman has total responsibility to maintain control over her body as long as her choices are in line with the Word of God. If a woman has 8 children and doesn't want another mouth to feed she needs to be responsible about when she has her relations in that she needs to make sure that she can't get pregnant and if she slips she should hold herself accountable to the Word of God and the Word of God says that abortion is murder because that child is a creation of God.
And what about the woman who doesn't want children and where the anti-baby pill has failed?
Again the responsibility is on the woman to exercise complete control over her body. Any abortion pill is a gamble any time they are used and if the abortion pill fails the woman is responsible for the life that has been created within her and that life was created by God because no life is created without the permission of God and all life is created by God. Not Men.
Should a woman or girl who has been raped be forced to have a baby, or should she not be given the right to abortion, to avoid further psychological and physical harm?
No matter what Abortion is always a choice and not an option. If a raped woman or girl is a believer she should always keep the life created inside of her because God is dead set against premeditated murder of any of His creations and never abort it.
I was told that the Bible (especially the Old Testament) condemns abortion. Only, the Bible was written more than 2,000 years ago, when people had little idea of pregnancy, contraception, and things like that, and where children were seen as possessions, cheap labor, and insurance for old age.
2000 years ago women still had cycles just like women do today and forms of birth control have been around since before Christ.
Birth control and abortion are well documented in
Mesopotamia and
Ancient Egypt. Mesopotamian women used "stones not to give birth", they used small circular stones that they put as deep as possible into their vagina, it's the
intrauterine method. (See
History of abortion.) The
Ebers Papyrus from 1550 BC and the
Kahun Papyrus from 1850 BC have within them some of the earliest documented descriptions of birth control, the use of honey,
acacia leaves and lint to be placed in the vagina to block sperm.
[5][6] Another early document explicitly referring to birth control methods is the
Kahun Gynecological Papyrus from about 1850 BC. It describes various contraceptive
pessaries, including
acacia gum, which recent research has confirmed to have
spermatocidal qualities and is still used in contraceptive jellies. Other birth control methods mentioned in the papyrus include the application of gummy substances to cover the "mouth of the womb" (i.e. the
cervix), a mixture of honey and
sodium carbonate applied to the inside of the
vagina, and a pessary made from crocodile dung.
Lactation (breast-feeding) of up to three years was also used for birth control purposes in ancient Egypt.
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The
Book of Genesis references withdrawal, or
coitus interruptus, as a method of contraception when
Onan "spills his seed" (ejaculates) on the ground so as to not father a child with his
deceased brother's wife Tamar.
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Customs were much more different then compared to today and children were not considered to be cheap labor at all. They were considered to be assets to the family who responsibility was to take part in the family function of sevival so you need to educate yourself about that.
Lstaly we need to remember that God is always there for us and as long as we are always focused on Christ He will always make a way for us and He will always heal and make us whole. We can do all thing through Christ. Even keeping a baby conceived out of rape.