“The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book before any of them every began.” This is saying that God has everyone’s life planned out before they are born and therefore killing someone is ruining God’s plan and by disobeying God it angers him.
The Old Testament also contains the following reference to the sanctity of life:
“The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.” This shows that God creates life and it is his right to end it, no one else’s.
Book of Exodus, chapter 20; “Do not commit murder. This again reinforces the idea that no one but God has the right to take life away and that life is sacred.
Therefore Christian Fundamentalists would definitely be against abortion as they take the bible literally. The Majority of these Fundamentalists live in USA in the southern states; Bible belt. 90% of people there go to church every Sunday, most of them being Baptist. Examples of these states are Georgia and Alabama.
The right wing Christians joined forces with Pro-life non-Christian groups and by doing this they created a very strong opposition to abortion and any weakening of the State Laws of abortion. Some areas even take it to the extreme of killing doctors who carry out the abortions, even though that completely contradicts what they are trying prevent happen.
As you go north you get a much wider range of attitudes, which reflect the situation, found in Britain.
In Britain the state allows abortion for virtually any reason as long as it’s within the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy. Although each denomination has different teachings about abortion, no church accepts it as a method of contraception.
The Roman Catholic Church believes that a baby’s life shouldn’t be taken at all. The Pope declared that all Catholics should not have abortions, as the Catholic belief is that life begins as the moment of conception. The Pope wouldn’t consider abortion acceptable whatever the circumstances. Some Catholics disagree with this, for example if the mother’s life is in danger then abortion should be allowed.
The Church of England beliefs is very similar to the Roman Catholic’s and teaches that the embryo must be protected from the point of conception:
“Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. We see abortion as a great moral evil.” However, the big difference is the Church of England allows abortion in the following circumstances:
Rape, incest, danger to mother’s life and overwhelming deformity in embryo so no quality of life for child.
It is visible that there are differences in opinions between Christians on the issue of abortion. Some believe God created life and no one has the right to take it away. On the other hand, some believe abortion is ‘a necessary evil’ if the mother or child would suffer if the pregnancy took place.
