A few years ago, while my wife was carrying one of our children, we had an ultrasound in the seventh week of pregnancy due to complications. I was amazed that at seven weeks we could see the heart beating. Also, with another child, we were able to see the blood moving between my wife and the fetus through the umbilical cord. By witnessing the life of a child while still in the womb, I can personally testify to the accuracy of the Scriptures teaching that an unborn baby is a living human being.

What Constitutes Life?
The question as to what constitutes life is one that has puzzled mankind for many years. Recently, we have also been perplexed with the question of who has the right to take another's life, whether they are old and ill or whether they are unborn and healthy.

In regards to the unborn, let us go to God's word to determine if the fetus is a living being or simply a mass of tissue. First of all, notice that the Bible uses the same Greek word (brephos) for a fetus, new born child, and young child (Lk. 1:41, 44; Lk. 2:12, 16; Lk. 18:15; Acts 7:19.) So, we must immediately conclude that God considers an unborn child to be as living as a child that is outside the womb.

Since it is murder to kill a child that is outside the womb, it is murder to kill a child that is inside the womb. If murder is a sin then abortion is a sin, since abortion terminates the life on an unborn child.

What does the Bible say?
The Bible teaches us that a fetus is a living human being, a child.

• Psalms 139:13-16 David speaks of himself as a living being separate and apart from his mother during his mothers pregnancy - "I" and "me". David speaks of his personage while "unformed". The "blob of cells" or "tissue" that pro-abortionists say are not human is affirmed as human by God through inspiration of His servant David.
• Exodus 21:22-25 "Woman with child" affirms that before birth the fetus is a child separate and apart from the mother. Verse 23 states that, according to Old Testament Law, if a child is born prematurely and dies due to harm inflicted upon the child's mother, then the penalty for murder is imposed upon the individual causing harm to the woman. Do you think this would include an abortionist if we were living under the Old Testament Law?
• Psalms 51:5 The fetus is an individual separate from his mother at conception. The living person ("I"/"me") existed upon conception. The woman's "choice" is whether or not to have intercourse. Once a woman has conceived, God views the life of the unborn as precious and valuable as those already born.
• Ecclesiastes 11:5 This passage affirms that the fetus is a child, separate and apart from the mother. Today, man still does not know how or when the soul enters the fetus, but God affirms that a fetus is as much a child at conception as after birth. Therefore, we must believe that the soul enters a fetus/child at conception.
• Job 3:13-16 Job considered himself to be a living human being apart from any other human while in the womb.
• Luke 1:15 John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit while in the womb; therefore, John was a living person while in the womb. A mass of tissue could not be filled with the Holy Spirit.
• Luke 1:41, 44 The babe leaped in her womb for joy. A baby in the womb can leap for joy - a mass of tissue cannot leap. If a mass of tissue could leap in the womb, it could leap outside of the womb. Have you seen a mass of tissue leap?
• Matt. 1:23 Mary, while pregnant with Jesus, is said to have a child before birth.
• Matt. 2:1 "Now after Jesus was born" considers that Jesus was Jesus before birth, while still in Mary's womb.

An Unborn Fetus is a Living Child
After examining these Scriptures, believers in God's word must affirm that an unborn fetus is a living child, and that a woman has choice over birth prior to conception - not after.