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Bible and Unborn Children

Here are twelve biblical statements about unborn children and their pregnant mothers-to-be.

• A pregnant woman who is injured and aborts the fetus warrants financial compensation only, suggesting that the fetus is property, not a person (Exodus 21:22-25).

• God promised the Israelites that if they worshipped him alone, he would not cause their women to miscarry (Exodus 23:24-26).

• The gruesome priestly purity test to which a wife accused of adultery must submit  will cause her to abort the fetus if she is guilty, indicating that the fetus does not possess a right to life (Numbers 5: 11-31).

• God enumerated his punishments for disobedience, including “cursed shall be the fruit of your womb” and “you will eat the fruit of your womb,” directly contradicting sanctity of life claims (Deuteronomy 28:18, 53).

• Elisha’s prophecy for soon-to-be King Hazael was that he  would attack the Israelites, burn their cities, crush the heads of their babies, and rip open their pregnant women (2 Kings 8:12).

•King Menahem of Israel destroyed Tiphsah (also called Tappuah) and the surrounding towns, killing all residents and ripping open pregnant women with swords (2 Kings 15:16).

•The dead are happier than the living, but more fortunate than both are those who have never been born, indicating that life is not sacred (Ecclesiastes 4:2-3).

•Isaiah prophesied doom for Babylon, including the murder of unborn children: “They will have no pity on the fruit of the womb” (Isaiah 13:18).

• For worshipping idols, god declared that not one of his people would live, not a man, woman, or child, not even babies in arms, again confuting assertions about the sanctity of life (Jeremiah 44:7-8). 

• God will punish the Israelites by destroying their unborn children, who will die at birth, or perish in the womb, or never even be conceived (Hosea 9:10-16).

• For rebelling against god, Samaria’s people will be killed, their babies will be dashed to death against the ground, and their pregnant women will be ripped open with a sword (Hosea 13:16). 

• Jesus did not express any special concern for unborn children during the anticipated end times: “Woe to pregnant women and those who are nursing” (Matthew 24:19)

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