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If babies go to heaven when they
die, why is abortion wrong?
There is
debate on whether or not all babies go to heaven when they die. But, for the sake of
argument, let's say that all babies go to heaven when they die.
If that is so, then why would abortion be wrong since it would be
sending the person to heaven?
The reason abortion is wrong is because it is taking
the life of the unborn child who has committed no wrong. In
other words, the child is not being put to death for a sin that it has
committed. It is simply being put to death to make someone
else's life more convenient.1 It is
God who gives life and takes it away. There is an exception
though where God makes allowance for capital punishment. "For
it [governing authorities] is a minister of God to you for good. But
if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for
nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath upon
the one who practices evil," (Rom. 13:4). This latter
condition is, of course, carried out under due process of law and is
reserved for those who "practice evil," i.e., murderers, rapists,
kidnappers, etc.
The unborn do not fall under this category deserving
capital punishment. They are simply unborn, human lives.
When people have abortions they are taking into their own hands the
taking life that is not permitted by God.
Whether or not aborted babies go to heaven is not the
issue because the ends does not justify the means. God is the
taker of life, not man.
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1. This argument is not including the condition
of a life threatening pregnancy which is discussed in the
abortion section on CARM.
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