Abortion is morally wrong. What about abortion in cases of rape or incest?
A. That no one should have the right to take the life of the unborn has been a principle of medicine from ancient times. The Hippocratic Oath, first formulated as a sworn rule of conduct for doctors and physicians in ancient Greece some 2,400 years ago, says, “I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest such counsel; and in a like manner I will not give a woman a pessary to induce an abortion.” Even then, four hundred years before the birth of Christ, people were clamoring for euthanasia and wanting to kill their unborn babies. If Hippocrates-a pagan physician who believed in all sorts of mythological gods and goddesses-knew that it was wrong to take a life, what defense do we have today after the intervening two millennia of research and learning? When it comes to abortion, I believe God is pro-life. Let me demonstrate that in Scripture. Speaking through Moses, God told his people: “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life,
