ABORTION- Are there any dangers to having an Abortion ? (Biblical/Scientific View)- Part 2

1. Designed and Researched by :Antonio Bernard
PART 2

2. When Does Life Begins ?

3. Every new life begins at conception. This
is an irrefutable fact of biology. And
supported by the scriptures.

4. “.For You formed my inward parts; You
covered me in my mother’s womb. I will
praise You, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; marvelous are Your
works and that my soul knows well. My
frame was not hidden from You, when I
was made in secret, and skillfully wrought
in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes
saw my substance, being yet unformed,
and in Your book they all were written, the
days fashioned for me, when as yet there
were none of them”
{ Psalm 139:13-16, NKJV}

5. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew
you, before you were born I set you apart; I
appointed you as a prophet to the nations”
{ Jeremiah 1:5, NIV}
“Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and
the One who formed you from the womb,
‘I, the LORD, am the maker of all things,
stretching out the heavens by Myself, and
spreading out the earth all alone . . .”
{ Isaiah 44:24, NASV}
“But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father,
we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and
all of us are the work of Thy hand”
{Isaiah 64:8, NASV}

6. “The Every new life begins at conception. This is an irrefutable fact of biology. It is true
for animals and true for humans. When considered alongside the law of biogenesis –
that every species reproduces after its own kind – we can draw only one conclusion in
regard to abortion. No matter what the circumstances of conception, no matter how far
along in the pregnancy, abortion always ends the life of an individual human being.
Every honest abortion advocate concedes this simple fact.”
AbortionFacts.com https://www.abortionfacts.com/facts/1

7. "Human development begins at fertilization, the process
during which a male gamete or sperm (spermatozoon
development) unites with a female gamete or oocyte (ovum)
to form a single cell called a zygote. This highly specialized,
totipotent cell marked the beginning of each of us as a
unique individual…A zygote is the beginning of a new
human being (i.e., an embryo).”
-Keith L. Moore, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented
Embryology, 7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2003. pp. 16, 2

8. "Development begins with fertilization,
the process by which the male gamete, the
sperm, and the female gamete, the oocyte,
unite to give rise to a zygote.”
-T.W. Sadler, Langman’s Medical Embryology, 10th edition.
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. p. 11.

9. “[The zygote], formed by the union
of an oocyte and a sperm, is the
beginning of a new human being”
-Keith L. Moore, Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology,
7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2008. p. 2.

10. "Life is mysterious and sacred. It is the manifestation of God Himself, the
source of all life. . . .God looks into the tiny seed that He Himself has formed,
and sees wrapped within it the beautiful flower, the shrub, or the lofty, wide-
spreading tree. So does He see the possibilities in every human being."
-Ellen G. White,
The Ministry of Healing, p.397.

11. Notwithstanding the many reasons given for the support of abortion for example, rape,
incest etc,.We must remember that “Human life, which God alone could give, must be
sacredly guarded.” We know not what benefit that child can offer to humanity, each one
of us were distinctly weaved together in the womb of our mother by hands of God and
no two persons are created alike . It would be better to have that child given to family
that you know would take care of it.Human life belongs to God; thus, no person is at
liberty to take human life at any stages of life, from conception until death.
(Eze 18:4, Ego 20:13,Luk 1:41,44)

12. "All heaven took a deep and joyful interest in the creation of the world and of
man. Human beings were a new and distinct order. They were made “in the
image of God,” and it was the Creator's design that they should populate the
earth. They were to live in close communion with heaven, receiving power from
the Source of all power. Upheld by God, they were to live sinless lives. "
-Ellen G. White,
RH February 11, 1902, Art. A, par. 1

13. “We were brought into existence because we were needed”
The Signs of the Times, April 22, 1903.
“To each human being God has assigned an individuality and a distinct work.”
SpM 175.6
“Every man has his place in the eternal plan of heaven. Whether we fill that place
depends upon our own faithfulness in co-operating with God.” MH 476.1

14. "We were brought into existence because we were needed. How sad the thought
that if we stand on the wrong side, in the ranks of the enemy, we are lost to the
design of our creation. We are disappointing our Redeemer; the powers He
designed for His service are used to oppose His grace and matchless love.”
ST April 22, 1903, par. 5

15. Abortion is more
dangerous than
childbirth. Abortion not
only endangers the life
of the child in the womb
of its mother but also
induces many medical
problems to the life of
the mother herself under
which an ordinary
childbirth would not
have done.
The Dangers Of an Abortion ?
"Abortion is not safer
than full-term pregnancy
and childbirth. Less than
one in ten thousand
pregnancies results in
the mother’s death.”
-American Medical Association
Encyclopedia of Medicine, ed.
Charles B. Clayton (New York:
Random House, 1989), 58

16. “Statistics and the experience of every
physician of long practice show that abortion
is many times more dangerous to the life of
the mother under ordinary circumstances than
pregnancy. The majority of those who are
guilty of this crime, become invalids for life.
Criminal abortion is the cause to which
thousands of women may trace a long line of
ailments of a most obstinate and aggravating
character. Many such cases have come under
our care, and no class of diseases are so
obstinate and often utterly intractable as this.”
-Ladies' Guide in Health and Disease, Girlhood, Maidenhood,
Wifehood, Motherhood by John Harvey Kellogg , pages 360-361

17. “After normal childbirth, the uterus and its
appendages naturally undergo a change known as
involution, by which the organ is rapidly restored
to its natural and ordinary size and condition.”
-Ladies' Guide in Health and Disease, Girlhood, Maidenhood,
Wifehood, Motherhood by John Harvey Kellogg , pages 360-361
“After abortion, this change is very likely to
be incomplete, leaving the uterus congested,
enlarged, sensitive, and in a condition to
invite the most serious disease.
This is true even in the most favorable cases.
Often the immediate results, as well as the
more remote, are much more serious.”

18. “Abortion is very likely to be followed by
inflammations of various sorts, especially of
the uterus, ovaries, and surrounding tissues,
which if not immediately fatal, leave behind
them results which render the woman a life-
long sufferer, and frequently develop in later
years into some form of malignant disease.
This is undoubtedly one of the most prolific
causes of the increasing frequency of this
most appalling and incurable of all
human maladies, cancer.”
-Ladies' Guide in Health and Disease, Girlhood, Maidenhood,
Wifehood, Motherhood by John Harvey Kellogg , pages 360-361

19. Tubal Factor Infertility (Fallopian Tube Obstruction)
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
“Tubal factor infertility occurs when a blockage in the fallopian tubes will
not allow the egg and sperm to meet. Tubal factor infertility accounts
for about 25-30% of all cases of infertility. The condition includes
cases of completely blocked fallopian tubes and cases where
just one is blocked tube or scarring narrows the tubes.”

20. “Infections, abdominal surgery, and diseases such as endometriosis can cause
scarring between the end of the fallopian tube and ovary. Infections may be, but are
not necessarily, sexually transmitted. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are two common
sexually transmitted infections that can cause tubal infertility. Tuberculosis,
uncommon in North America, and a ruptured appendix can both cause a tubal
infection. Surgery can also damage your fallopian tubes.”
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
What causes tubal factor infertility?

21. "Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
(PID) can also travel from the
cervix through the uterus to the
tubes, which can ultimately cause
the delicate inner lining of the
tubes to become permanently
scarred.
The opening of the tube next to
the ovary may become partially or
completely blocked; scar tissue
will often form on the outside of
the tubes and uterus."
What causes tubal
factor infertility?
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

22. “The Tragically, some women are unable to conceive after having
abortions. Tubal infertility has been found to be up to 30 percent
more common among women who have had abortions.”
Janet R. Daling, Ph.D., “Tubai Infertility in Relation to Prior Induced Abortion,”
Fertility and Sterility (March 1985): 389-94.

23. The Elliot Institute has published data indicating
that women who abort are twice as likely to
have preterm or postterm deliveries.
The Elliot Institute, www.afterabortion.org.

24. “Placenta previa is a condition occurring when the placenta covers the cervix,
preventing the baby from passing through the birth canal. It usually requires a
caesarian section and can threaten the life of both mother and child. Placenta
previa is seven to fifteen times more common among women who have had
abortions than among those who have not.”
Jeffrey M. Barrett, M.D., “Induced Abortion: A Risk Factor for Placental Previa,”
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (December 1981): 769.

25. “The Every new life begins at conception. This is an irrefutable fact of biology. It is true
for animals and true for humans. When considered alongside the law of biogenesis –
that every species reproduces after its own kind – we can draw only one conclusion in
regard to abortion. No matter what the circumstances of conception, no matter how far
along in the pregnancy, abortion always ends the life of an individual human being.
Every honest abortion advocate concedes this simple fact.”
AbortionFacts.com https://www.abortionfacts.com/facts/1

26. The Effect of
Abortion on
Future Children in
the Mother’s
Womb

27. "The health of future children is
also at risk, as both premature
births and low birth weights are
more common among women who
have had abortions.”
Madore, “Effects of Induced Abortion,” 516-21; Linn,
“Outcome of Subsequent Pregnancies,” 136-40.
"Malformations, both major and
minor, of later children are
increased by abortion.”
Linn, “Outcome of Subsequent Pregnancies,”136-40.
"For various reasons, the frequency of
early death for infants born after their
mothers have had abortions is between
two and four times the normal rate.”
John A. Richardson and Geoffrey Dixon, “Effects of Legal Termination
on Subsequent Pregnancy,” British Medical Journal (1976): 1303-4.

28. Few are aware of the fearful extent to
which this nefarious business, this worse
than devilish practice, is carried on in all
classes of society! Many a woman
determines that she will not become a
mother, and subjects herself to the vilest
treatment, committing the basest crime to
carry out her purpose. And many a man,
who has ‘as many children as he can
support.’ instead of restraining his
passions, aids in the destruction of the
babes he has begotten. SOAP 100.2

29. The sin lies at the door of both
parents in equal measure; for
the father, although he may
not always aid in the murder, is
always accessory to it, in that
he induces, and sometimes
even forces upon the mother
the condition which he knows
will lead to the commission of
this crime.

30. But the effort to destroy the
child is many times unsuccessful,
and the little one is born with
murder in his heart, stamped there
by the murderous intentions of his
own mother. And what wonder that
these inborn passions should lead
him to the lowest depths of
degradation both as regards the
body and the soul!

31. Many a child lives to mature
years, dwarfed and deformed in
body, and irritable and imbecile in
mind, a disgrace to himself and to
the race, who might have been a
model of beauty and strength,
both physically and mentally, but
for the attempts of his parents to
destroy his life before he was
born. SOAP 100.4

32. And besides all this, the
consequences of such a
practice are most
disastrous both upon the
physical and moral nature
of those whose souls are
stained with this terrible
sin. The general health of
the mother is often ruined,
and the generative organs
seriously injured

33. No system can endure the shock produced by
this unnatural crime without being more or less
impaired, while many a woman meets death as
a penalty for her sin; others live, but are never
again in a condition to conceive, and often
suffer constantly in consequence of their
fiendish endeavors; while others still are
enabled to bear children, but with such anguish
as no tongue may tell, and the child thus born
is frequently a curse to himself and all with
whom he is connected.” SOAP 101.1

34. "Many whom God would use as His instruments have been disqualified at
their birth by the previous wrong habits of their parents. When the Lord would
raise up Samson as a deliverer of His people, He enjoined upon the mother
correct habits of life before the birth of her child…." 2BC 1005.7

35. "In instructing this one mother, the Lord gave a lesson to all who should be
mothers to the close of time. Had the wife of Manoah followed the prevailing
customs, her system would have been weakened by violation of nature's laws,
and her child would have suffered with her the penalty of transgression.”
(Good Health, February 1880). 2BC 1005.8

36. “God Himself appeared to the wife of
Manoah and told her that she should have
a son, and that he should be a great man
and should deliver Israel. Then He gave
her special instructions regarding her diet.
. . . Let us regard this as instruction given
to every mother in our world.”
{Conflict and Courage 130.2}
Teach us what we shall do unto the child
that shall be born Judges 13:8.

37. “Let us regard this as instruction given to
every mother in our world. If you want your
children to have well-balanced minds, you
must be temperate yourselves. Keep your own
heart and affections sound and healthful,
that you may impart to your offspring a
healthful mind and body.”
{Conflict and Courage 130.2}

38. “Every mother may understand her duty.
She may know that the character of her
children will depend vastly more upon her
habits before their birth and her personal
efforts after their birth, than upon external
advantages or disadvantages.”
{Conflict and Courage 130.2}

39. The Habits of the Mother

40. " The well-being of the child will be
affected by the habits of the mother. Her
appetites and passions are to be controlled
by principle. There is something for her to
shun, something for her to work against, if
she fulfills God's purpose for her in giving
her a child.”
{Ministry of Healing Chap 31 The Mother
Temperance and Self Control pg 156}

41. “If before the birth of her child she is self-
indulgent, if she is selfish, impatient, and exacting,
these traits will be reflected in the disposition of the
child. Thus many children have received as a
birthright almost unconquerable tendencies to evil.
But if the mother unswervingly adheres to right
principles, if she is temperate and self-denying, if
she is kind, gentle, and unselfish, she may give her
child these same precious traits of character.”
{Ministry of Healing Chap 31 The Mother
Temperance and Self Control pg 156

42. “Thus many children have received as a
birthright almost unconquerable tendencies to
evil. But if the mother unswervingly adheres to
right principles, if she is temperate and self-
denying, if she is kind, gentle, and unselfish,
she may give her child these same precious traits
of character.” {Ministry of Healing Chap 31
The Mother Temperance and Self Control pg
156

43. “. . . Wasp waists may have been
transmitted to them from their mothers, as
the result of their sinful practice of tight
lacing, and in consequence of imperfect
breathing. Poor children born of these
miserable slaves of fashion have diminished
vitality, and are predisposed to disease. . . .
The impurities retained in the system in
consequence of improper breathing are
transmitted to their offspring.”
{ Healthful Living 58.5}

44. “The mother who is a fit teacher for her
children must, before their birth, form habits
of self-denial and self-control; for she
transmits to them her own qualities, her own
strong or weak traits of character.” (CD 219.)
{Mind Character and Personality 134.1}

45. “The enemy of souls understands this matter much better than do many
parents. He will bring temptation upon the mother, knowing that if she does not
resist him, he can through her affect her child.” (CD 219.)
{Mind Character and Personality 134.1}

46. “The mother's only hope is in God. She may flee to Him for grace and
strength. She will not seek help in vain. He will enable her to transmit to
her offspring qualities that will help them to gain success in this life and
to win eternal life.”—ST, Feb. 26, 1902.