1. PrayerSongs Offerin g Song Lord ’ s Supper Bible study Announc ements Prayer Forgive your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O LORD, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel. And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them. So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD. Deuteronomy 21:8-9

2. Forgive your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O LORD, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel. And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them. So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD. Deuteronomy 21:8-9 Innocent “blood”=innocent life Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. Deut. 12:23

3. Forgive your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O LORD, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel. And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them. So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD. Deuteronomy 21:8-9 Innocent “blood”=innocent life Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. Deut. 12:23 “Guilt of”=punishment

4. Forgive your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O LORD, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel. And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them. So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD. Deuteronomy 21:8-9

5. Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. Joel 3:19

6. So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. Numbers 35:33

7. Innoc ent blood ?

8. 1973

9. In Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court built on precedent of Griswold and Eisenstadt to rule that laws banning abortion violated individuals' privacy rights In Roe, Supreme Court ruled that a fetus was not a "person" possessing constitutional rights until it reached viability (the advanced stage of pregnancy when it could live outside the womb). Roe allowed governments to regulate or prohibit abortions of fetuses that had reached viability, but banned such regulations on abortions in the first trimester

10. A more conservative Supreme Court since the 1980s has added many limitations to the abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade http://www.shmoop.com/right-to-privacy/roe-v-wade.html

11. Norma McCorvey “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade

12. Norma McCorvey “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade

13. Putting abortion deaths into perspective

14. Revolutionary War 4, 435 deaths Civil War (both sides) 498, 332 deaths World War I 116,708 deaths World War II 407,316 deaths Korean War 25,604 deaths Vietnam 58,168 deaths Afghanistan2,201 deaths Abortions 1973-2014 56,405,766 deaths

15. The unborn and attitudes toward them

16. The unborn--- 7 weeks Brain, spinal cord close to completion Heart chambers developed, blood circulates Nervous system develops Liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines began to form

17. What the Supreme Court says about the unborn The fetus, at most, represents only the potentiality of life…the unborn have never been recognized in the law as persons in the whole sense Roe v. Wade

18. The unborn--- 14 weeks Major muscles move in tandem with brain Nervous system functions Strong heartbeat heard

19. What Planned Parenthood says about the unborn Once it takes its first breath, the fetus is called a baby. Web site

20. The unborn--- The unborn--- 16 weeks Sucking and swallowing reflexes Tooth buds developing Gender identifiable Fingers, toes well-defined

21. NOW What NOW says about the unborn We reject this move designed to ascribe legal personhood to embryos and fetuses. Web site

22. The unborn--- 18 weeks Child grasps, moves mouth Hair grows on head, body Air sacs forming in developing lungs

23. What the Supreme Court says about the unborn the word "person", as used in the fourteenth amendment, does not include the unborn. Roe V. Wade

24. The unborn--- 20 weeks Sensory development reaches peak Can hear, recognize mother’s voice Possible to survive outside womb

25. What Planned Parenthood says about the unborn We know for sure that the embryo or fetus cannot perceive pain in the nearly 99 percent of abortions that occur before the 20 th week of pregnancy. Web site

26. The unborn--- 24 weeks Most vital organs, except lungs, developed Able to suck thumb Taste buds developed

27. What the ACLU says about the unborn We have serious reservations about legislation designed to protect fetuses…the ACLU opposes the creation of theories of “fetal rights” Web site

28. “We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children ” Joycelyn Elders former surgeon general

29. Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Psalm 127:3-4

30. What Does The Bible Say About The unborn?

31. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12

32. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 Hosea is not addressing the practice of abortion in this text, but he uses five words, all related to one another, that pertain to the subject. He mentions "children" and "man" after referring to three events that are directly connected with them: conception, pregnancy, and birth.

33. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 These three events, all being mentioned together in the same context with children and men, must be equally related to one another and have a bearing upon the answer to the question, "is the fetus a human being and when does it become such?"

34. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12

35. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son (Lk. 1:57). Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other was named Puah; and he said, "When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live" (Ex. 1:15-16).

36. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy (Lk. 1:44). But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of the LORD (Gen. 25:22).

37. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. Job 3:16 If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, Ex. 21:22

38. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month (Lk. 1:36). He went in to Hagar, and she conceived ; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight …The angel of the LORD said to her further, “Behold, you are with child, and you will bear a son ; (Gen. 16:4, 11).

39. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! Hosea 9:11-12 Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, "A boy is conceived.” Job 3:3 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children Num. 5:28

40. The Bible Makes No Distinction Between... Pre-natal life John The BABE leaped in my womb Lk. 1:44 John She conceived a SON Lk. 1:36 Post-natal life Jesus The BABE lying in the manger Lk. 2:16 Jesus She gave birth to her firstborn SON Lk. 1:57

41. Egypt will become a waste, and Edom will become a desolate wilderness, because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood. Joel 3:19

42. Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Psalm 127:3-4