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It’s normal to experience anxiety, uncertainty and fear. Knowing where to turn for help is important. There are caring people who want to help you explore your options.   

Find a local pregnancy center where you can talk about your concerns and discover the resources which are available for you with someone who’s received training in these areas. 

http://www.pregnancycenters.org/
 

 

 
What Does God Say About Abortion? 
 

Why Should We Value Life? 

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

 

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

 

Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

 

Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD, He is God;  
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;  
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.  

 

Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,  
And He who formed you from the womb:  
“ I am the LORD, who makes all things,  
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,  
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;  

 

Colossians 1:16
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.  

 

Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD,  
You are our Father;  
We are the clay, and You our potter;  
And all we are the work of Your hand. 

 

 

 
Who is the Creator of the unborn?
 

Job 31:15
Did not He who made me in the womb make them?  
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

 

Job 10:8-12
Your hands have made me and fashioned me,  
An intricate unity;  
Yet You would destroy me. Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay.  
And will You turn me into dust again?  
Did You not pour me out like milk,  
And curdle me like cheese,  
 Clothe me with skin and flesh,  
And knit me together with bones and sinews?  
 You have granted me life and favor,  
And Your care has preserved my spirit.  

 

Psalm 139:13-16
For You formed my inward parts;  
You covered me in my mother’s womb.  
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,  
And that my soul knows very well.  
My frame was not hidden from You,  
When I was made in secret,  
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.  
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.  
And in Your book they all were written,  
The days fashioned for me,  
When as yet there were none of them.



 

 
 
How is God concerned with the unborn?  
 

Isaiah 49:1
The LORD has called Me from the womb;  
From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

 

Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;  
Before you were born I sanctified you;  
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.  

 

Ephesians 1:3-4
 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love 

 

 

 

Who is Responsible for life and death?
 

Exodus 20:1, 13
And God spoke all these words... You shall not murder.   

 

Matthew 5:21
You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’  

 

Matthew 19:18-19
He said to Him,Which ones?
Jesus said,  You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,  Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

Jeremiah 7:6-7
 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.  

 

Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place  

 

Exodus 23:7
Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
 

 

Genesis 9:5-6
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.  
Whoever sheds man’s blood,  
By man his blood shall be shed;  
For in the image of God  
He made man.  

 

Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 

 
 
 
 

Is man permitted to take life before birth?
 

Exodus 21:22-25
If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,  eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.  

 

Amos 1:13
Thus says the LORD:  
For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four,  
I will not turn away its punishment,  
Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,  
That they might enlarge their territory. 



 

 
Should a child conceived as a result of rape or incest be aborted? 
 

Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.  

 

Ezekiel 18:2-4
What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying:  
  
‘ The fathers have eaten sour grapes,  
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?  
 
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.  
“ Behold, all souls are Mine;  
The soul of the father  
As well as the soul of the son is Mine;  
The soul who sins shall die.  

 

Ezekiel 18-20
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.  

 

Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 

 

 

 

Should a child who might be born deformed or handicapped be aborted? 
 

Exodus 4:11
So the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?

 

Isaiah 45:9-11
“ Woe to him who strives with his Maker!  
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!  
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’  
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?  
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’  
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’”  
Thus says the LORD,  
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:  
 
“ Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons;  
And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.  

 

Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”  

 

2 Corinthians 12:7-9
And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

 

1 Corinthians 1:27
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 

 
 
  

 
 

Should a woman have control over the life in her own body? 
 

Psalm 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,  
The fruit of the womb is a reward.  

 

Ezekiel 18:4
“ Behold, all souls are Mine;  
The soul of the father  
As well as the soul of the son is Mine;  
The soul who sins shall die.

 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.  

 

1 Peter 2:16
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. 

 

 
 
 

Is abortion the solution to an unplanned pregnancy? 
 

Isaiah 49:15
“ Can a woman forget her nursing child,  
And not have compassion on the son of her womb?  
Surely they may forget,  
Yet I will not forget you.

 

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man,  
But its end is the way of death 

 

 

 
 

Does God forgive those who have abortions? 
 

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 

Ephesians 1:7-8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace  which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

 

Isaiah 43:25
“ I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake;  
And I will not remember your sins. 

 


 
 

What does God say about those who perform abortions? 
 

Deuteronomy 27:25
‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’  
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  

 

Jeremiah 22:17
“ Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,  
For shedding innocent blood,  
And practicing oppression and violence.”
 

 

Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his sins will not prosper,  
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

 

Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.  

 

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

 




 

What is the Christian’s responsibility to the unborn and to the woman with an unplanned pregnancy? 
 

Genesis 9:5-6
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.  
 
“ Whoever sheds man’s blood,  
By man his blood shall be shed;  
For in the image of God  
He made man.

 

Proverbs 24:11-12
Deliver those who are drawn toward death,  
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.  
If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”  
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?  
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?  
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?  

 

Matthew 25:34-40
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;  I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’  
“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
 

 

Isaiah 58:10
If you extend your soul to the hungry  
And satisfy the afflicted soul,  
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,  
And your darkness shall be as the noonday.

 

Deuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’  
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’  

 

Job 22:5-9
Is not your wickedness great,  
And your iniquity without end?  
For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,  
And stripped the naked of their clothing.  
You have not given the weary water to drink,  
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.  
But the mighty man possessed the land,  
And the honorable man dwelt in it.  
You have sent widows away empty,  
And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.  

 

Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,  
Is God in His holy habitation.
 

 

Psalm 146:9
The LORD watches over the strangers;  
He relieves the fatherless and widow;  
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
 

 

Proverbs 15:25
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud,  
But He will establish the boundary of the widow.  

 

 Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good;  
Seek justice,  
Rebuke the oppressor;  
Defend the fatherless,  
Plead for the widow.  

 

1 Timothy 5:3
Honor widows who are really widows.


 

James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. 


 

 
 

What are the responsibilities of the followers of Christ? 
 

Ephesians 1:22-23
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.  

 

1 John 3:16-18
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?  
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  

 

Matthew 5:13-14
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.  
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.  

 

Galatians 6:9-10
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

 
 

1 Peter 2:16-17
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.  

 

Romans 12:10-17
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 

 



 

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