14 Bible Verses About Abortion

  • The verses on life in the womb, on killing and on forgiveness do not use the word abortion.
  • Luke uses the same Greek word, brephos, for the unborn John in Luke 1:41-44 and the newborn Jesus in Luke 2:12, 16.
  • Exodus 21:22 is translated “gives birth prematurely” in the NIV, “there is a miscarriage” in the NRSVUE and “her children come out” in the ESV.
  • The Catechism of the Catholic Church cites Jeremiah 1:5 and Psalm 139:15 in teaching that human life must be protected from conception.
  • Psalm 51 is David’s prayer after Nathan confronted him, and it asks for deliverance “from the guilt of bloodshed.”

None of the passages below names abortion; they speak to it through God forming people in the womb, the ban on shedding human blood, and mercy after sin. Psalm 139:13-14 and Jeremiah 1:5 describe God forming and knowing a person in the womb. Luke 1:41-44 records the unborn John leaping when Mary arrives, Exodus 20:13 and Genesis 9:6 forbid shedding human blood, and Exodus 21:22-25 sets out the law for a pregnant woman struck in a fight. Psalm 51:1-2 asks…

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