Did you know the 1st Century Church was guided by a document known as the Didache, which strictly forbade abortion? The early Church also started orphanages to save unwanted babies from certain death who were thrown away and left to die “in the elements.”
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.
—Jeremiah 1:5
Even before I was born, God had chosen me to be His.
—Galatians 1:15
For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb… Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
—Psalm 139:13, 16
Children are a gift from God.
—Psalm 127:3
In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being
—Job 12:10
Do not shed innocent blood.
—Jeremiah 7:6
Cursed is the man who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.
—Deuteronomy 27:25
You shall not murder.
—Exodus 20:13
I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
—Deuteronomy 30:19
In the Old Testament, abortion was specifically forbidden.
—Exodus 21:22,23