LCMS Life Library – Abortion

A Collection of resources from the LCMS.ORG Life Library.

“Abortion and the Gospel”
“Abortion and the Meaning of Parenthood”
“…And So the Toll Begins”
“Children of Light”
“The Economics of Abortion: Dannemeyer and Hyde”
“Faith-based Abortion?”
“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”
“Hippocrates or Hypocrite”
“A History Summary of Abortion from Antiquity Through Legalization (1973)”
“Human Ethics and Animal Rights”
“In Loco Parentis”
“Intensive Snare”
“Next Page Katie’s Story”
“Lawmakers Lawbreakers”
“A Letter to My Birthmother”
“The Many Victims of Abortion”
“Population Implosion”
“Relics of the Saints, Abortion, and Gay “Marriage”
“The Secret Pain”
“Some Theological and Practical Implications of Churches and Pastors Advocacy of Abortion in the Case of a Pregnancy Resulting from an Alleged Rape”
“Theory, not Practice”
“The Vigil”
“What Women Don’t Know Does Hurt Them”
“Will Power”

Learn More


Ancient Pro-Life Document Discovered!

Actually, the document has been around for a long time. What needs to be discovered, however, is just how pro-life the Apostles’ Creed really is. What we profess so often connects so well to the life issues of our day.

Learn More


Possessed by Grace

There are a lot of “Rachels” sitting in our pews, fathers and mothers of aborted children. They need to hear the hope of the Gospel preached and taught to them and applied to the sin of abortion. They need to be brought to see themselves as “Mary Magdalenes,” the demons gone, sent on their hellish way by a word from the Lord and Giver of life.

Learn More


The Annunciation and Abortion

Some have argued that there are no Biblical references to prove that life begins at conception. But a quick Scriptural journey to Nazareth and the hill country of Judea shows otherwise–for here we encounter the Annunciation and Visitation accounts that give us a powerful portrait of the sanctity of human life in the womb.

Learn More


Scripture Quotations

Quotes (from the English Standard Version) show: God is the Creator of all Life. Conception is God’s Gift. God is the Creator of the Unborn. Pre-Natal Life has special value and stands in relation to God. Jesus loves the little children. God does not jstify abortion or “mercy killing’ in cases of rape, incest or birth defects. Life and death belong to the province of God. consequences of practing or ignoring injustice. Obey the voice of God, not the ways of men. Healing and hope for wrong decisions. God’s timing, presence, and hope in human suffering.

Learn More