Some have interpreted from Numbers Chapter 5 that God's judgement on an adulterous woman is the miscarriage of the pre-born child conceived through the affair. Below is a summary of the response the Life Training Institute provides to this challenge:
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- There is no indication that the woman in this scenario is pregnant.
- A questionable interpretation of the text must be relied upon in order to hold this view.
- The case can be made that sterility or barrenness is being spoken of, not miscarriage.
- Even if the interpretation that the judgment from God on the adulterous woman is miscarriage is correct; it does not follow that abortion on demand is morally permissible; it does not follow that elective abortion is permissible in special circumstances such as adultery; and it does not follow that God is pro-abortion.
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Stand firm in Christ and firm for the preborn,
Chase
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