My previous post compared 19th century slavery with modern abortion. Both atrocities were justified by de-humanizing the victims and defining them as property. As the previous post clearly demonstrates the Pro-Life position is MORALLY superior, this post intends to demonstrate the Pro-Life position is also FACTUALLY superior.
“The fetus is not alive.”
Abortion advocates famously label the fetus as “just a clump of cells,” but this claim does not hold up to scientific scrutiny. A fetus performs living, human functions – like heartbeats or measurable brain waves (every legal abortion stops both). Modern medical science now knows that a fetus can feel pain, be startled, respond to his mother’s laughter, dream & even begin learning his mother’s language.
Although recently discovered by science, these facts were well known in the ancient world. When God gave Moses the laws for the nation of Israel, He calls the fetus “life” (Exodus 21:22-23). The fetus is not an amorphous clump of cells but a complex, functioning, living being.
“The fetus is not a human being.”
In a feeble attempt to save face, abortion advocates fall back to the untenable position that the fetus is not a human being. Yet the Pro-Choice advocate never establishes of what species he believes the fetus belongs? Is there a zebra or aardvark in the woman’s uterus? This position, of course, also crumbles under factual scrutiny. A simply DNA test reveals that the fetus is absolutely human. And there’s more; science reveals that preborn babies feel human emotions – like fear, pain, connection, and love.
Once again, we find Holy Scripture revealing facts long before science can explain them. According to Job 3:11, an unborn baby has a living soul (ghost), and even before the prophet Jeremiah’s organs were formed, God knew him as a living person with a unique plan (Jeremiah 1:5). And consider this… the first person to recognize Jesus as Messiah, was an unborn baby (Luke 1:41-43).
“The fetus is part of the mother’s body.”
THE TRICK QUESTION: Shouldn’t a woman have the right to choose what she does with her body? This sneaky question is the premise of the Pro-Choice (Pro-Abortion) position, but A FETUS IS NOT THE WOMAN’S BODY. Having received 23 chromosomes from each parent, a fetus has its own distinct DNA. A fetus also has its own distinct blood. And no woman has 2 hearts, 2 brains, 4 arms, 4 eyes, and 4 legs.
THE REAL QUESTION: If our society deems it immoral & unlawful to murder babies after they’re born, why should we allow babies to be murdered before they’re born? It is a society’s responsibility to restrict behavior – even in regards to one’s own body; that’s why there are laws restricting self-mutilation, suicide and heroine abuse. But science confirms the plea of our conscience, that a fetus is a distinct living, human person.