ABORTION
Children are a gift from God. The Bible describes a fertile body as a blessing. God created humankind as male and female, with all the biological prerequisites necessary for procreation. This was intended to enable humans to take responsibility for a small human being, born of their own flesh and blood, and to raise them with love.
There are many couples who remain childless. In addition to personal choice, there are often health reasons why people remain childless. In some cases, God himself can prevent a woman from becoming pregnant. Abortions intentionally induced by humans, however, are by no means in God's will. Today's medical advances do not change this. The primary purpose of sexuality is the procreation of life. Today, however, sex primarily serves sensual pleasure, without the idea of creation playing a role. People want the "good feeling," but not the responsibility that comes with conceiving a child. Therefore, many—especially young people—accept the risk of unwanted pregnancy without considering the consequences of their decisions.
Since God is our Creator, only He has the right to decide over a person's life and death. Contrary to the claims of science and medicine, life begins at conception. Yet God is the one who creates an embryo and breathes life into it. Since a child growing in the womb is already a living being in God's eyes, neither doctors nor the mother herself have the right to end the child's life on their own initiative. What society thinks about it doesn't matter in the slightest. It's equally irrelevant whether a state legally permits abortion. Therefore, anyone who willfully aborts their child or has one aborted is guilty of the death of a human being. In this context, the term "abortion" is an extremely trivializing euphemism for murder—in this case, infanticide. Therefore, the destruction of life can and must never be justified as a "human right," as abortion advocates claim. There is no evidence to support the claim that a child before the seventh month is neither conscious nor capable of feeling pain....
One of the arguments cited as a justification for abortion is sexual abuse. While such an act is fundamentally condemnable, it does not justify the murder of an unborn child. A medical prognosis that childbirth could endanger the mother's life is also not a reason to justify aborting the child. After all, God has the power to keep both the mother and her child alive and protect them from harm. The same applies if doctors predict an illness or disability for the child. In addition, statistically speaking, very few abortions are performed due to rape, incest, or health reasons. In the vast majority of cases, it's simply because the parents don't want their child because it doesn't fit into their lives for various reasons. Financial factors often play a role.
Some try to justify abortions with a supposed "parental right of self-determination." But this argument is also invalid, since this is not about a person's body, but about an independent individual to whom God has given life. The fact that a child develops in its mother's body does not give her the right to determine her child's life and death. For God, the protection of unborn life takes precedence over the parents' right of self-determination. Likewise, the mother's body does not belong to her, but to God. In this respect, none of us is fundamentally entitled to do whatever we want with our bodies. Rather, every person bears a responsibility before God for their body. Just as parents bear responsibility for their child from the moment of conception.
All expectant mothers and fathers who put their trust in God can count on His help. With God on their side, people are capable of overcoming every challenge this life presents. For those who trust in God and follow His commandments are never alone. This also applies to the upbringing of children and young people. Therefore, affected parents who have previously considered abortion should definitely seek pastoral care in a Christian faith community. In this way, they can be helped and a path can be found that benefits both the parents and their child. All those who have already had an abortion must confess their guilt to God. Those who do this with a repentant heart can know that God forgives their sins.
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
You shall not murder.
Exodus 20,13 / Deuteronomy 5,17
The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”[a] also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.