Abortion (from the Latin word aboriri, "to perish")
It is evident that the determination of what is right or wrong in human conduct belongs to the science of ethics and the teaching of religious authority. Both of these declare the Divine law, "Thou shalt not kill". The embryonic child, as seen above, has a human soul; and therefore is a man from the time of its conception; therefore it has an equal right to its life with its mother; therefore neither the mother, nor medical practitioner, nor any human being whatever can lawfully take that life away. The State cannot give such right to the physician; for it has not itself the right to put an innocent person to death. No matter how desirable it might seem to be at times to save the life of the mother, common sense teaches and all nations accept the maxim, that "evil is never to be done that good may come of it"; or, which is the same thing, that "a good end cannot justify a bad means". Now it is an evil means to destroy the life of an innocent child. The plea cannot be made that the child is an unjust aggressor. It is simply where nature and its own parents have put it. Therefore, Natural Law forbids any attempt at destroying fetal life.
Children are not conceived to perish under the knife of an abortionist. They are conceived to be born to a father and a mother, and live their lives without the threat of violence from an unknown hand..
gpapa [aka Catholic Californian]
"Thou shalt not kill"
A better translation of the original Hebrew is "You will not murder." The word for "kill" is different. I believe the mistranslation goes back to KJV. The Torah ("Old Testament" to Christians) specifies a number of reasons where killing is allowed, including the death penalty for certain crimes. That said, it in no way endorses abortion or infanticide.