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Very interesting question I would like to know the answer to this also along with how a Christian can believe homosexuality is ok. I can quote many scriptures were God himself speaks of though shall not murder including an unborn child. I am a Christian but I am not pro-choice obviously I have a very hard time understanding how anyone can truly know the Bible and still believe it to be OK.

I am an Atheist, and I am pro-choice.

I believe the mother has the option on the life her child has, or the life her child will not have. I believe sexual education is a significant part in reducing unwanted pregnancy in the world. In the United States, most children experiment and become sexual prior to ever being introduced into sexual education - which means these classes need to be introduced at an earlier age.

With the right education in place, there should be less teen pregnancies and less abortions overall. There are over 137 million orphans in the world, can you imagine that? A significant amount of these children suffer from disease, which prevent them from having a good quality of life.

I simply do not see the point in allowing so many children into adoption, when humans are practically overpopulating the amount of land we already have.

There is a world of difference between terminating a pregnancy within 14 weeks and killing a baby.

There is nothing wrong with you believing it's sinful and immoral and deciding for yourself that you would never procure one, but it's not anyone's right to decide for another woman. You've made your choice, and she will make hers. Even if you think it's a sin, it's her sin to live with. I'd rather see a woman be able to procure a medically safe abortion than see numbers of women dying due to procuring dangerous illegal abortions.

I am a Christian and pro life. I still don't understand how someone can say they think it is wrong to get an abortion but think it's ok for someone else. It's either right or wrong.

Nope, Christian who is pro-life. How someone who claims to believe in the creation of souls by God being able to be snuffed out because it is an inconvenience is beyond me.

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A Christian. Every living human is a creation of God even from the smallest cell, why kill it?

My mom is. She doesn't think that abortion is right, but she doesn't think anyone else has the right to tell a woman she can't have one.

I have to agree with her on that.

I consider myself Apathetic...and I'm anti-death, everyone should be kept alive at any cost.

Because death is bad...and we have the technology to keep people alive.

Hi Noah's Mommy,

I'm a Christian and I consider myself pro-choice - at least to a degree. Let me explain why:

First, I do not believe that it is for Christians to determine legislation which can affect the choices of non-believers. God's law was given to the Jews and to the Jews only. It was considered an enmity between the Jews and the Gentiles so much so that Christ nailed the ordinances and regulations of the law to the cross with him when he died for us. However, all laws and moral systems we have ought to be reserved primarily for Christians. One thing I can tell you for certain is that making abortion illegal is not going to stop people from seeking them. Americans who wanted abortions would no doubt seek them from other countries where medical care was worse than it is in America, thereby placing themselves in danger.

Accordingly, I can see a beneficial argument for scientists and doctors determining the laws of the land pertaining to abortion (which apply to non-believers) - God is good and He can redeem all situations. Those small lives that are aborted before they are born are, in any case, potentially better off than those who do live for such babies will grow up with the Lord and not separated from him.

If you look at many of the Christian 'laws' (for grace is our new law and as such 'laws' are things we are no longer bound by) you will see that the ultimate law is perfection but there is grace for those who fall short. Accordingly we should be teaching in our churches that sex before marriage is wrong but if you do then there is grace. That abortion is wrong, but if you do there is grace. That divorce is wrong, but if you do there is grace - you see what I mean? It is important to teach solidly how wrong these things are and show people verses such as Hebrews 10:26-31 which tells us what we can expect if we continue to sin lightly and how serious it is to consider ourselves more trustworthy than God... But never, never, never lose sight of the awesome grace and love of our Lord Jesus.

If we find that there are Christians who are having abortions (which there are) then we ought to ask ourselves why we don't focus on getting our own house in order before we try and force a system of laws which we can't keep ourselves onto the rest of society. To do that is not an act of love but an act of controlling.

So my view is that we should be really teaching, and teaching well, pro-choice for the ultimate act of sex outside of marriage. If we could only get our own house in order on this then perhaps the rest of the country would look to us and see us as the shining light of God's grace that we are supposed to be. Judging others, for a Christian, should not be done upon those who don't believe but upon those who do. We should accordingly explain to any Christians who have therefore determined that they want an abortion what it is that they are doing. The choice is then theirs - not ours. If they go through with it then we graciously love them through their decision. If they see that their choice was wrong then we rejoice! Any non-Christian who determines they desire an abortion might be reached by explaining the value of life but we should try and avoid making them feel that their choice is wrong - they live by the law of the land and not the law of God and the law of the land says that they can have an abortion. We should realise that God instituted all governments and therefore we should uphold their right to govern and the peoples right to choose within that system of laws.

So yes, I mourn for children who are aborted before they experience life but I do not consider a person who aborts a child in accordance with the laws of the land to be guilty if they are not a Christian. If they are a Christian then they perhaps have not made the perfect decision but we should still show them love and grace - God will convict them of their errors (if there are indeed errors) by His Holy Spirit.

My conclusion therefore - demonstrate God's love by living a life of perfection: not just to the law but in grace and love as well. Let the church become a shining example to the gentiles before they start telling gentiles how they should act. Let the church also be gracious to those who make wrong decisions and teach them that God is gracious and loving and quick to forgive where there is genuine repentance. Then, in the interim, let us establish the best, most caring, most loving abortion clinics in the world where the rights of women are protected and they are given the emotional care that they need during what is invariably one of the toughest decisions they will ever make.

Medical science has allowed for abortions to take place and so they will. Our role as Christians is not to condemn medical science but teach perfection with grace, and love those who fall short.

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On a side note, Christian doctors should determine for themselves whether they think that performing abortions is the right thing to do or not. It may be that they can see a reason for performing certain abortions (where the mother's life is at risk or other similar situations) but not for others (14 year old was silly and had sex). The choice is theirs and they must work out their own faith with fear and trembling before an awesome and holy God. As Paul said - let each be fully convinced in his own mind...

christians should all be pro-abortion to send poor innocent children to the 'loving arms of jesus' and to keep them away from this 'sin-filled world' we live in according to christians.

While you're at it, christians should also thank adolf hitler for sending 6.5 million something jews to the loving arms of jesus.