We are told that a woman has a constitutional right to choose an abortion. After all she has a right to control her body, her reproductive system, and the size of her family.  It is certainly not anybody else's business what a woman does with her own body, we are told. Because of these arguments, society has a hard time understanding why Christians are opposed to abortion. Let's have a look at it issue.
        First of all, let us strip off the inappropriate terminology! When this issue first hit our legal system, nobody (seriously NOBODY) wanted to admit that they were in favor of abortion. So, the pro abortion side said that they were not in favor of abortion . . . they were only in favor of a woman's right to choose abortion. This is total nonsense. The decriminalization of abortion or any other act does not imply that people would be forced to perform the newly decriminalized act. Making abortion legal did not make it mandatory . . . of course there would be a choice. Choice was NEVER the issue. That is a smoke screen. Abortion is the issue.
         On the other side, those against abortion didn't want to sound negative, so they called themselves PRO-life. They were not against anything. Rather they were in favor of life. This was equal nonsense. (Note: since that time, several issues have developed, such as euthanasia, which make the pro life name more appropriate). Our unwillingness to use the word abortion has helped to fog the issue. For the purpose of this article, the more appropriate terms pro abortion and anti-abortion will be used.
        So, is abortion a constitutional right? I must say that it is not. Abortion is nowhere addressed in the U. S. Constitution. The Supreme Court stretched the Constitution to the limits by ruling in Roe V Wade, that abortion is a privacy issue. If we used the same method of interpretation, we could very easily conclude that we each have the right to privately decide how we should control our hands, and therefore we should have the right to choose to strangle our boss to death at will. The Supreme Court should have gone to the fifth amendment to the Constitution which says that "no person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." In other words, it is unlawful to take a human life unless that person has been found guilty in a court of law of a capitol crime.
       The right of a woman to control her reproductive system could be a bit more convincing except for the fact that controlling her body means taking another person's life. One of the most basic rules for living is a democratic society is that an individual's rights extend only until they intersect the rights of another individual. In other words, a woman may privately control her body until that control endangers the life of her unborn child. Suppose that a rapist argued that he has the right to control HIS reproductive system. And therefore he contends that he has the right to commit rape. Of course we would condemn such evil. But let us not forget that the act which we find so heinous, is less serious in nature than taking a life.
        Christians believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and that we must use it as our rule for life. Exodus 20: 13 says, "You shall not murder" (NASB). Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of one person by another esp. when premeditated. The constitution requires due process for killing to be lawful, and abortion is definitely premeditated, therefore abortion is murder and against the law of God.
         Proverbs 6: 16, 17 says that one of the ". . .six things the Lord hates. . ." is ". . .hands that shed innocent blood." How much more innocent can you get than an unborn child? If we murder our children, we will stand before God and give account of that act. If we condone abortion, we will also answer for that. So even if we never see any results for our efforts to make abortion illegal, we must continue to maintain an anti-abortion stance for our own conscience's sake.