A reader comments on the anti-abortion bill introduced in Ohio:
Imputing personhood to a fertilized egg on theological grounds is a recent (20th century) invention by those with political and power aspirations. Historically, churches had no such belief or policy.
Nor have I seen much in my readings until the 19th century; the suggestion that abortion has been an ongoing practice for centuries has been an ongoing thread, but the information’s sources are not something I’ve ever evaluated, so I hesitate to use it. I’ve seen on the Web claims that the there’s no biblical basis for an anti-abortion stance, but it’s clear those are pro-choice sources and so, again, I hesitate to use them, and I don’t have time to read the Bible in search of the claims myself. Nor am I much interested in them, anyways.
