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Shouldn’t we start with the text itself? And maybe, if the interpretation has changed materially over the years (it was different for hundreds of years) it’s pretty open to interpretation and impossible to unequivocally say the current interpretation from the (catholic) church is what Jesus actually meant.
I can understand someone being anti-abortion, but they aren't getting that from the bible. The christian God was not anti-abortion.
The bible never mentions abortion directly. The closest it comes in 5:11–31 which could be interrupted as sanctioned abortion as a punishment for adultery.
The most concrete "guidance" in the text is in 21:22–25 = this clearly defines a fetus as being property of value to the parents, not a living being, as the punishment for killing a fetus isn't death but instead a fine.
