Abortion and IVF
“What About…?”
- The word “in vitro” is Latin for ________________.
(1) The Germinal Stage (first 3 weeks)
- Conception (sperm & egg)
- Zygote (journeys to uterus)
- Zygote (turns into a blastocyst)
- Blastocyst attaches to uterus
(2) The Embryonic Stage (weeks 3-8)
- Blastocyst becomes an embryo
- Structures and organs begin to form
(3) The Fetal Stage (week 9-birth)
- Embryo turns into a fetus
- Sex is assigned
- Organs and body systems grow and mature
(4) Viability (at around 24 weeks)
- Brain maturation
Consider Psalm 139
- “Exegesis” is letting the text ___________________.
- “Eisegesis” is when you read something into it ___________________________________.
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Exodus 21:22-25 (NIV) 22 “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely [she has a miscarriage] 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.” What We Can Agree On (1) All humans are made _____________________. (2) The sanctity of ____________________________. (3) The rejection of _______________ that would show disdain for that sanctity, the beauty of procreation, or God’s vision for sexuality and marriage. (4) The rejection of ___________________________. (5) Saving a mother’s life. |