The Bible and Christianity on Abortion There has recently been a debate about the Christian ethics of abortion and what the implications of the Bible are on the issue. We must first recognize that the Bible says nothing directly about abortion. Kerby Anderson is the president of Probe Ministries, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "reclaim the primacy of Christian thought and values ​​in Western culture through the media." (http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/arg -abor.html) He argues that the reason abortion is not mentioned in the Bible is because the act was so unthinkable - so absurd - for an Israelite woman of the time it didn't even need to be mentioned in the penal code. Many Christians, however, have sought to investigate the implications of the Bible's teachings on abortion. They believe that God created each person superbly in his mother's womb, that the destruction of this innocent being is an abomination, and that severe punishments are given to those who decide to kill her child. The Bible teaches that God created every person wonderful and worthy of existence. This is written in Psalm 139.13-16: 13For you created me in the depths of my being; you wove me in my mother's womb. 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know it very well. 15My bones were not hidden from you when I was in that secret place. When I was woven in the depths of the earth, 16your eyes saw my shapeless body. All the days for me were written in your book before one of them came to light. The Christian recognizes that even the existence of the unborn child has meaning and that his or her body, even if not fully developed, has value because it was created in the eyes of God. Not only is the body created wonderfully, but it is also uniquely created. Jeremiah 1:4-5a states, “4The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I established you.