I know this is going to open a can of worms, but I just had a thought. Christians who are against abortions, I'm curious as to why you would rather a child suffer in this life, rather than being sent to heaven before enduring any suffering? As far as I can remember children are granted automatic entry into heaven until they can be held accountable. So why deny a child a chance to have a loving home with your heavenly father instead of being raised in foster care, or worse? I don't get it.
What scripture says children are automatically saved?
As for life in the womb: "“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 and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
It also says, "We know that no murderer has eternal life." Which, read correctly, doesn't remove the hope of salvation by repentance, but obviously implies that un-repentance in such things is definitely a death sentence as with every sin. However, there is also that: "He who does not know will be beaten with few blows," meaning, although ignorance will still be punished, it is far less severe to be wrong because you are uncertain than to be wrong because you are stubborn.
I think in everything it is just best to go to God and let Him speak, then, when He comes back and causes distress for distress, you'll have escaped such a punishment by your honest obedience to what He has revealed. However, if anyone is self deluded in such things as important as someone's life, I imagine it will not end well. That's why it is so important to be sensitive to what God is saying.
