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Can Christians Support Legal Exceptions to Abortion (Part Two)

In this election year abortion is on the ballot. One side supports a woman's right to choose without restriction. Abortion should be legal they claim until birth, which goes beyond the recently overturned Roe v. Wade decision. Some favor abortion until the time of birth and even allow for a period of time after birth when infanticide is permitted. The other side the believes that a child's life should be protected except for rare occasions.  For Cristians the issue of abortion is particularly significant because it has to do with how we view both God and man. It is a fundamental theological issue. How does God view life, and what is our obligation to the unborn? The original Roe v. Wade decision was argued as a civil rights decision. The basis of the argument was that a woman is free to make her own private decision about her own body. The justices found that there was an "implied right to privacy within the language of the 4th Amendment of the U.S Constitution, and since