Using Jeremiah 1:5 you could make the argument that contraception is murder.
BTW the definition of murder is the killing of the flesh, not the killing of the spirit. Man cannot kill the spirit, only God has that power.
The question then becomes at what point does the flesh have "life".
I believe that there is a valid argument that the flesh is not "life" from a biblical standpoint until the heart begins to beat. I will concede that argument on a biblical basis. The fact is that 99.999999% of all abortions occur after the heart begins to beat, as most women are wholly unaware they are pregnant until about 30 days into their pregnancy.
No, I disagree. Contraception is the prevention of conception for pleasure. Jeremiah speaks to God knowing us before we were conceived. If there is no act of conception, intentional or otherwise, then the all-knowing God is aware of man's intention. And conception has not occurred. A convoluted statement, I agree, but I think you get my gist...
Less than a century ago this is what all Christians believed.
Like I said earlier, let's not argue fringe cases, but pick the low hanging fruit, so to speak.
Pro-aborts try to confuse the issue with these fringe cases, which amount for 1% of the abortions,
whereas they don't want to talk about the 99% of abortions done out of convenience for the "mother".
No. The question is whether the flesh is human or not. Changing it to whether it is life is merely a diversionary tactic.
Killing animals is not murder. Murder is the killing of a human being by another human being. THAT is what God prohibits.