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Well, it is forgivable, but the problem is that what consequences are they being given for the act of murder? If another person would murder their unborn baby, they would be charged and given prison time. If mom goes nuts and kills her young children, she may face prison time. When ‘mom’ kills an unborn child, nothing happens to her. Them going through bad feelings is not prison time. They have not been sentenced to do their time for murder (ie they are not held responsible legally for their actions). I think what you are reacting to is that there does not seem to be any justice meted out by a court to a mom who murders her unborn baby. Being torn up inside about it is not punishment enough. If that is true, then all criminals who act remoseful and say they are haunted by what they did should be freed.

There is forgiveness by God, but forgiveness does not mean not facing consequences for your actions. That is why we forgive people that wrong us, but still want justice done and having that person be brought to justice. Part of being able to forgive is because we know that that person ultimately will be held responsible, both in this lifetime and the next. That is part of God’s justice as well. That is why altough Christians are forgiven, we still are under a sentence of temporal death, ultimately. We are forgiven, but because we are sinners, we will die one day. The fact we’re forgiven because our faith is in Christ means we’ll be resurrected one day to eternal life.