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== Other Passages ==

== Other Passages ==

Some pro-abortion advocates cite Exodus 21:22-25, which imposes a penalty to be determined by the father for an ''accidental'' miscarriage caused by striking a pregnant woman:<ref>New American Standard Version</ref>

The Bible mentions termination of pregnancy in Exodus 21:22-25, which imposes a penalty to be determined by the father for a miscarriage caused by striking a pregnant woman:<ref>New American Standard Version</ref>

:And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide.  But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.  

:And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide.  But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.  

This passage is taken as an injunction by [[God]] against the killing of an unborn child,<ref>[http://www.abortion-and-bible.com/#chratt C. Ratt, A Christian View of Abortion]</ref> while others note that the punishment proscribed by God for this ''accidental'' killing of an unborn child is much less severe that the punishment proscribed for the ''intentional'' murder of another human being (as in Exodus 21:12).

This passage is taken as an injunction by [[God]] against the killing of an unborn child.<ref>[http://www.abortion-and-bible.com/#chratt C. Ratt, A Christian View of Abortion]</ref> The punishment for inducing the miscarriage is much less severe than the punishment for inflicting further bodily harm on the mother, or for the murder of another human being (as in Exodus 21:12).

It does not say who exactly suffers the "mischief" or harm; it could be the unborn child as well as the mother.  

It does not say who exactly suffers the "mischief" or harm; it could be the unborn child as well as the mother.