re: How do you TX residents feel about TX State Rep. James Talarico? He's a Dem by the way...

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Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.

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And from that, you go through several steps of assumptions and interpretation to reach the conclusion that the Bible forbids abortion. Which is really rather ironic, given that Judaism at the time that was written (Second Temple Period) did not argue that the soul entered the body until BIRTH).

I don't fault you for making some assumptions and interpolations, but it is there, and it IS what you do to reach your conclusion. Denying it would just be silly.

There is nothing anywhere in the Bible which explicitly precludes abortion. To the contrary, the discussion above shows that the Old Testament affirmatively sanctions abortion of illegitimate pregnancies.