Jake
Puritan Board Senior
An argument I heard recently from a professed Christian on this topic is that there are some legitimate cases for abortion but that the state is not capable of correctly judging these, so it's better to allow it than to be stuck waiting on the state. This came up in a conversation about the case of a 10 year old girl who had to travel out of state from Ohio to Indiana to get an abortion. Even with an exception for rape, rape takes a long time to charge, so to protect the vulnerable the government should not interfere. It'd be a similar argument to not having government restrictions on divorce.
There's obviously a lot of issues with this, but it is a hard thing to assert a 10 year old should carry a baby to term, if that's even possible.
I've also heard arguments based on Numbers 5:11-31 but that is an obscure passage to me that is hard to build a doctrine with.
There's obviously a lot of issues with this, but it is a hard thing to assert a 10 year old should carry a baby to term, if that's even possible.
I've also heard arguments based on Numbers 5:11-31 but that is an obscure passage to me that is hard to build a doctrine with.