What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them."

— Psalm 139:13-16 (ESV)

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

— Jeremiah 1:5 (ESV)

"And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!""

— Luke 1:41-44 (ESV)

"The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name."

— Isaiah 49:1 (ESV)

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."

— Genesis 1:27 (ESV)

"You shall not murder."

— Exodus 20:13 (ESV)

"There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood."

— Proverbs 6:16-17 (ESV)

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

— 1 John 1:9 (ESV)

"As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us."

— Psalm 103:12 (ESV)

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

— Romans 8:1 (ESV)

"I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins."

— Isaiah 43:25 (ESV)