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Sanctity of Human LifeThe origin and purpose of Human life is distinct from the animal kingdom. Human life begins at conception (fertilization): “For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb…My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (NIV text).” And every human life is a precious gift of God: “I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” “Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His reward.” Technologies such as human cloning, fetus and embryo farming, embryonic stem cell research, gene therapy, on-call frozen embryos, on-demand sperm donation, contract surrogate birth procedures, so-called “test-tube babies” and artificial wombs are scientific inventions aimed at surmounting laws of nature. Unchecked these man-made innovations lead towards baby production and will end in state-sanctioned social policies that profess the zygote, embryo and fetus to be merely biologic, genetic material, bereft of personhood, and thus, functionally not worthy of protection from exploitation. Scripture declares that all human life, regardless of age, development and functionality has God-given intrinsic worth and an inherent right to live. Ge 1:26-31, 2:4-25, 4:1; Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17; Ru 4:13-14; 2Ki 17:17-18; Job 31:15; Ps 8:6-8, 22:10-11, 106:35, 37-38, 127:3, 139:13-15; Am 1:13; Mt 7:12, 19:18; Lk 10:37; Ac 17:25-28; Gal 1:15; Rev 22:15. |