1. Arkansas Passes Abortion Ban
Both House and Senate voted for bipartisan 20 week abortion ban
Governor vetoed it
House voted to override veto
Senate voted to override veto
House and Senate committees both passed 12 week abortion ban
Bans include exceptions in case of rape, incest, life of the mother

2. When May I End A Human Life?
Genesis 4:8-12 Cain killed his brother
Cain was cursed; land was polluted
Gen. 6:11-13 land corrupted because all flesh was corrupted; filled with violence
Would start over
Gen. 9:1-17 required a reckoning for the loss of any human life
Killer to pay with his own blood
Numbers 35:29-34 innocent blood pollutes the land; guilty blood only remedy Dt 21:1-9

3. What About Justifiable Killing?
What killing is justified?
Accidental manslaughter still cost something Numbers 35:15-28
V.27 Avenging the blood of the slain upon manslayer is justified outside the city of refuge
V Avenging the blood of the slain upon the murderer is justified anywhere after trial
Exodus 22:2 killing night burglar
Not day burglar v.3
War not murder 2 Kings 2:5

4. What About Killing the Unborn?
Ex. 21:22-23 wife is hurt; baby (2:6) comes out
V.22 baby not hurt OR is it wife not hurt?
V.23 baby dies or is hurt OR wife suffers more?
Neither interpretation justifies abortion (intentional killing of the unborn child)
“Child” is same “child” before birth or after birth Gen. 25:22; 2 Kings 19:3
Nazirite before birth Judges 13:2-4, Luke 1:13-25, 41-44
What if Mary aborted Jesus to save her reputation?