25. Of Abortion

We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject the teaching that termination of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the mental well being of the mother are acceptable. (Job 3: 16; Psalms 51: 5; 139: 14-16; Isa. 44: 24; 49: 1,5; Jeremiah 1: 5; 20: 15-18; Luke 1: 44).