"The fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being and it is a monstrous crime to rob it of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house than in a field, because a man's house is his place of most secure refuge, it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light."
John Calvin
Commentary, Exodus 21.22; 1563
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Great insight. Was abortion really an issue in the 1500s? It seems so new, but I guess there really is nothing new under the sun.
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