Out of more than 600 laws of Moses, none comments on abortion. One Mosaic law about miscarriage specifically contradicts the claim that the bible is antiabortion, clearly stating that miscarriage does not involve the death of a human being. If a woman has a miscarriage as the result of a fight, the man who caused it should be fined. If the woman dies, however, the culprit must be killed:
"If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
"And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth . . ."--Ex. 21:22-25
The bible orders the death penalty for murder of a human being, but not for the expulsion of a fetus.
Sorry, but this is incorrect. the word is יָצָא (yaw-tsaw') is translated " depart from her" but it's literal definition is: "to go, or causatively bring out". And the word translated into mischief is אָסוֹן (aw-sone') which means "to hurt or bring harm". So quite literally the NIV has a good translation of this topic:
22 “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
According to the bible, life begins at birth--when a baby draws its first breath. The bible defines life as "breath" in several significant passages, including the story of Adam's creation in
Genesis 2:7, when God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Jewish law traditionally considers that personhood begins at birth.
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
"the breath of life" נְשָׁמָה (nesh-aw-maw') literal translation is the breath of divine inspiration, intellect or (concretely) a soul, and/or spirit. You see that at the end of the verse. God made man a spiritual being. We have no account of God 'breathing' into all creatures to make them live. The passage has been cited as evidence that a fetus is
not a living being. Life is equated with breath throughout the Bible, and, here it is taken out of context, this passage seems to suggest that a person is not living until he or she takes a first breath after birth. However, Genesis Chapter 2 is actually about God's creation of mankind as special and spiritually-aware beings.
Now onto other verses.
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. (NIV, Luke 1:39-44)
How did an non living clump of cells acknowledge another clump of non living cells as Lord?
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." (NAS, Jeremiah 1:4-5)
Psalm 51:5 This is sexist
So, original sin... or the state of sin in which humanity exists since the fall of man, stemming from Adam and Eve's rebellion in Eden, is sexist?