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References to abortion in the Scriptures

*NOTE*  There are no references within The Scriptures that specifically deal with abortion. However, there are those that deal with the womb.

Genesis 9:6
Psalm 139:13-16
Jeremiah 1:5

Luke 1:41

Isaiah 1:18




Genesis 9:6

"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.


Psalm 139:13-16

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.


Jeremiah 1:5

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."


Luke 1:41

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.


Isaiah 1:18

"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.