How could any "Christian" vote for that Dems fight for the right to kill 60 million babies???
People who identify as 'pro-life' believe that life begins at conception and that the unborn have a right to life.
"Life does not begin at fertilization. The egg is alive; the sperm is alive; and after fertilization, the zygote is alive. Life is continuous. Dichotomous thinking (0% human life for the egg, 100% human life for the zygote) is not scientific.
It is religious thinking."
American Society for Reproductive Medicine [Notice, it is "religious thinking", not unanimous Christian belief.]
"We do not witness a human death when an embryo fails to survive cryopreservation. We observe the continuous nature of human life, with fertilization representing only one key step, and know that from a biologic point of view, no new life begins when fertilization is achieved. Let us be clear that
'life begins at conception' is a religious, not a scientific, concept."
It is worth repeating: “life begins at conception” is a religious, not scientific, concept
To prohibit abortion from the moment of conception violates the religious rights of many creationists in the Christian community. A human being, a person does not exist until the soul is created in the unborn at some point. Many place that at viability or approximately 24 weeks. Laws making abortion illegal before at the least, 15 weeks, violates the U.S. Constitutional concept of religious liberty and is fairly stated in the 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith:
Chapter 20 on Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience -
"God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath
left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to His Word, or beside it in matters of faith or worship. So that to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commandments out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience; and the requiring an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also."
John Trapp, 17th Century Puritan on Ex. 21:22 -
"There is a time, then, when the embryo is not alive; therefore the soul is not begotten, but infused after a time by God."
Adam Clarke, 19th century Methodist on Ex. 21:22 -
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But if mischief followed, that is, if the child had been fully formed, and was killed by this means, or the woman lost her life in consequence, then the punishment was as in other cases of murder-the person was put to death."
The Greek Septuagint translation often used by Jesus and the Apostles -
"And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe." (Exod 21:22-25 LXXE)
The NASB, 1977 Edition -
“And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that
she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide. But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise." Ex.21:22-25 NASB 1977
“When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman
so that there is a miscarriage and yet no further harm follows, the one responsible shall be fined what the woman’s husband demands, paying as much as the judges determine." (Exo 21:22 NRSVue)
"Miscarriage" is the "spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus before it is viable and especially between the 12th and 28th weeks of gestation". Merriam-Webster