The body is the temple of God's Holy Spirit. Only God has the ability to grant life, and only He has the authority to take it away. Abortions are not among the circumstances where He permits man to take human life, excepting those performed to preserve the life of the mother. This is the only true and defensible conclusion we can draw from scripture.
In saying this, I don't mean to elicit "This is your religion, not mine." counterarguments, "The Bible doesn't say abortion is wrong." counterarguments, or @minnie616's erroneous appeal to "breath of life". Post them if you must, but I assure you I've heard them, analyzed them, pored over them with all diligence, discussed them with the ministry, and rejected them.
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Yes , my religion teaches that ensoulment begins with the “ breath of life “ when the newborn takes its first breath.
It is our belief that God values souls and knows that 2/3 of all fertilized human eggs do not survive past a couple of weeks.
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I belive that fetuses are just the shells that a soul enters into at birth.
And if one is miscarried or aborted a soul has not been lost.
About two thirds of zygotes ( fertilized eggs ) are never implanted or self abort about the first week after implanting.
It does not matter that they had "unique" DNA.
They passed right though the body.
I had two miscarriages. my second one was a very deformed fetus.
If I had not had those two miscarriages my two youngest might never have been born
because my husband and I had wanted and planned for 4 children.
God sometimes works in very mysterious ways.
Sometimes things are not meant to be.
We have no idea if sometimes abortions are a part of God's plan,
just as miscarriages may sometimes be a part of God's plan.
I had two miscarriages between my 2 ed and 3rd child.
The first miscarriage was early on. I was about 5 to 6 weeks gestation.
If I had carried to term the
due date would have been in March.
During my 4th pregnancy I went into premature labor when I was about 5 months gestation.
I was looking forward to a healthy baby.
My doctor was out of town so when I went into early labor we ended up at the ER.
They took a pregnancy test and told me I was no longer pregnant.
The doctor covering for my doctor did not want to come in that day so they shot me full of med's to try to stop the labor.
Then they took me to my room on the maternity floor to spend the night.
When I was transferring from the gurney to the bed the fetus was expelled and I accidentally saw it and how deformed it was.
It was a nightmare.
My doctor told me that the fetus was so deformed that even if I had carried it longer it never would have been viable.
If it had been a healthy pregnancy and I had carried it to term
my due date would have been in November.
A little more than year later I learned I was pregnant again.
I was very worried I might miscarry again.
I had been irregular so the doctor sent me for an ultrasound to monitor how far along I was and if everything looked normal.
I was told my due date was the end of January.
I had some false labor mid January ,went to the hospital and I was sent back home.
I had false labor again the end of January but it stopped so the doctor ordered meds to induce the labor.
The contractions were coming too hard and too fast. They were worried about the stress on the unborn so they stopped the contractions.
My doctor ordered fetal activity tests 2 times a week for the next 4 weeks.
To make a long story shorter our "Miracle" child was born March 2 ed.
Two and half years later our youngest was born in November.
March and November ... God chose the same months my miscarried ones were due.