Some churches do want abortion classified as murder because Exodus 20:13 says "thou shalt not kill." However, in quoting Exodus, they are appealing to Jewish Law. Inconsistently, they completely ignore Exodus 21: 22 which implies that the killing of a fetus is a property offense against the father. The penalty specified is a civil fin…
Some churches do want abortion classified as murder because Exodus 20:13 says "thou shalt not kill." However, in quoting Exodus, they are appealing to Jewish Law. Inconsistently, they completely ignore Exodus 21: 22 which implies that the killing of a fetus is a property offense against the father. The penalty specified is a civil fine payable to the father. Think if the outcry if the churches tried to lobby for the fetus being the property of the father.
Some churches do want abortion classified as murder because Exodus 20:13 says "thou shalt not kill." However, in quoting Exodus, they are appealing to Jewish Law. Inconsistently, they completely ignore Exodus 21: 22 which implies that the killing of a fetus is a property offense against the father. The penalty specified is a civil fine payable to the father. Think if the outcry if the churches tried to lobby for the fetus being the property of the father.
But many of these more fundamentalist people actually tend to think that way--given the place of women in that conceptual framework.