Opposition to abortion by the american evangelical protestant polity was a deliberate political choice, and it’s younger than the happy meal. from a 1979 issue

Opposition to abortion by the american evangelical protestant polity was a deliberate political choice, and it’s younger than the happy meal. from a 1979 issue of Christianity Today on contraception and abortion — in Billy Graham’s magazine for editor Harold “the battle for the bible” Lindsell: God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: “If a man kills any human life he will be put to death” (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22-24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense. … Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul. 10 years later, everyone acted like it was never said. Inerrancy and plain meaning for me, but not for thee, indeed.