According to pro-choicers, Mary would have been justified to abort Jesus

[Blackrook]

Mary was unmarried when she got pregnant with Jesus.

When Joseph found out, he decided to divorce Mary quietly.

Mary would then be an unmarried mother, an untenable position in her traditional religious society.

What better candidate for abortion than unborn Jesus?

 

[excalibur]

Mary was unmarried when she got pregnant with Jesus.

Not true. She was betrothed to Joseph which under Jewish custom of the time means they were married.

Betrothed couples often did not sleep together for some time as the custom of the time also indicates.

 

[Blackrook]

Joseph decided to divorce Mary quietly, that's the point I was making. After that, Mary would have been a single mother.

 

[surada]

Joseph decided to divorce Mary quietly, that's the point I was making. After that, Mary would have been a single mother.

Does it say that in scripture?

 

[Blackrook]

Does it say that in scripture?

Yes, but don't ask me to look it up for you.

 

[Penelope]

Mary was unmarried when she got pregnant with Jesus.

When Joseph found out, he decided to divorce Mary quietly.

Mary would then be an unmarried mother, an untenable position in her traditional religious society.

What better candidate for abortion than unborn Jesus?

Do you think an women should be the rest of her life in prison for having an abortion???

It is murder , don't you agree.

 

[Penelope]

Mary was unmarried when she got pregnant with Jesus.

When Joseph found out, he decided to divorce Mary quietly.

Mary would then be an unmarried mother, an untenable position in her traditional religious society.

What better candidate for abortion than unborn Jesus?

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 said 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 the sword (2 Kings 15:16).

• 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 worshiping 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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God didn't give a hoot about babies.