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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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so th<strong>is</strong> violence should not surpr<strong>is</strong>e us.In another example, El<strong>is</strong>ha weeps over the “evil” heprophesied would happen at the hands of the king of Syria. One ofthe evils mentioned by the prophet <strong>is</strong> that the king would “rip uptheir women with child.” 95These verses from Proverbs, Amos and Second Kings revealGod’s mind on abortion: God hates the shedding of innocentblood, a pregnant woman <strong>is</strong> pregnant with a child, not a potentialchild, and murdering an unborn baby <strong>is</strong> evil.Contrary to what femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality teaches women donot own a claim to life in the womb. God’s Word makes it clearchildren belong to him and h<strong>is</strong> claim begins at the moment ofcreation/conception. God hates abortion. In spite of the culturalmessages telling us otherw<strong>is</strong>e, abortion <strong>is</strong> a sin.As a Chr<strong>is</strong>tian pro­life woman, I have been accused ofwanting to force women “to carry a fetus to term.” I would like to952 Kings 8:12 (italics mine).127

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