Questions & Answers

In the Category: Moral

#25 How should Christian couples respond to a prenatal diagnosis of disability? Every child, able or disabled, is fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). Killing a child for disability is partiality and murder (James 2:1; Exodus 20:13). Trust God, seek wise medical care, g...
#26 Is permanent sterilization an acceptable Christian response to family planning? God calls children a blessing (Psalm 127:3-5). Sterilization chosen to shut the door on future children rejects that gift without biblical warrant. Except for rare, grave medical necessity, it reflect...
#27 How does Psalm 139 inform our view of embryos created in laboratories? Psalm 139:13-16 honors God's knitting from the first moment. Embryos made in a lab are still created by Him, and are not disposable property. Creating spares to freeze or discard treats people as prod...
#28 What protections do post-Roe states provide for mothers? Many states wrongly shield mothers from prosecution and allow chemical abortion trafficking, leaving children unprotected. True justice offers equal protection for child and mother: bans on abortion,...
#29 Can Christians participate in fetal tissue research? Harvesting or using tissue from children slain by abortion joins hands with bloodshed (Proverbs 6:16–17). Even noble aims cannot justify doing evil that good may come (Romans 3:8). Christians must ref...
#31 Does emergency contraception act as an abortifacient? Many “emergency” pills thin the uterine lining and prevent implantation. If they can expel or starve a conceived child, they are abortifacient and violate “you shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). Christ...
#32 How should lawmakers respond to abortion tourism? Magistrates bear the sword to punish evil (Romans 13:4). They must criminalize abortion within their jurisdiction, bar facilitation of out-of-state killings, and prosecute pill trafficking. No sanctua...
#33 What are ethical alternatives to IVF for infertile couples? Use means that honor the personhood of every child: medical care that heals underlying infertility without creating embryos outside of the womb or excess embryos, or that brings unnecessary risk to yo...
#34 How can pastors counsel survivors of coerced abortion? Pastors must approach this issue with both truth and tenderness—refusing to flatten the moral reality of abortion while also recognizing the real suffering many women have endured. 1. Start with caref...
#35 What does church history teach about abortion in the early centuries? The early church uniformly condemned abortion. The Didache called it murder; Athanasius, Tertullian, and Basil spoke likewise. Believers rescued exposed infants and opposed child-killing as a fruit of...
#36 Should Christians support fetal heartbeat legislation? Heartbeat bills imply that life is protectable only after detection, leaving younger children unprotected. Additionally, these bills normally exempt mothers from any wrongdoing. God forbids partiality...
#37 How do chemical abortions impact women's health? Like all sin, chemical abortions (mifepristone/misoprostol) are bad for the sinner as well as the one sinned against. By starving your child to death, then expelling him or her, you naturally incur co...
#38 What does Proverbs teach about rescuing preborn neighbors? Proverbs 24:11-12 commands us to rescue those being taken away to death. God sees when we shrink back. Wisdom demands active intervention—pleading, legislating justly, offering support, and risking co...
#40 What scriptures address the value of children conceived in rape? Scripture affirms every child as God's handiwork (Psalm 139:13-16). The child is not punished for the father's sin (Ezekiel 18:20). Christ welcomed little ones without distinction (Mark 10:14). Justic...
#41 What legal strategies end abortion without exceptions? Pass abolition bills that establish equal protection from conception, criminalize all intentional killing of preborn children, and remove immunity that treats mothers or abortionists differently. Reje...

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