CORE-RELATE!
I took ChristiaNet's 25-item Abortion Quiz and here are the answers:
1. Human life is of high worth and significance. The correct answer is True.
Psalm 139:4-6 - Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in-behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
2. A fetus is not technically a human being until it is born.
The correct answer is False.
In Psalm 51:5, David writes of his human nature from the time of conception: “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.”
3. The United States has one of the highest abortion rates amongst developed countries.
The correct answer is True.
Statistics show that from 1973-1996, the average number of abortions conducted annually in the United States is over one million.
4. The majority of women getting an abortion in the United States are under age 25.
The correct answer is True.
54% of women getting an abortion are younger than 25 years old, and 19% are teenagers.
5. Most abortions are attributed to rape and incest.
The correct answer is False.
Approximately only 1% percent of all abortions are attributed to rape and incest.
6. Legally, the father of an unborn fetus has the ultimate say in an abortion decision.
The correct answer is False.
Legally, a mother’s right to abortion overrides a father’s objections.
7. The majority of abortions take place between 2 to 8 weeks of pregnancy.
The correct answer is False.
The earliest first term abortions occur at eight weeks, while the majority occur between eight to twelve weeks.
8. Abortion can have severe effects on a woman’s body.
The correct answer is True.
Women who undergo abortion face a number of possible physical complications including hemorrhaging that requires a transfusion, perforation of the uterus, cardiac arrest, endotoxic shock, major unintended surgery, infection resulting in hospitalization, convulsions, undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, cervical laceration, uterine rupture and death.
9. Women who have had an abortion during the first or second trimester have a much higher risk of breast cancer than other women.
The correct answer is True.
The risk of breast cancer for women who have experienced an induced abortion is 50 percent higher than among other women. A woman’s body naturally produces a rapid cell growth in the breast tissues during pregnancy. This growth shuts down after giving birth. Abortion, however, does not shut down this rapid cell growth, resulting in a significantly higher risk for breast cancer.
10. A woman who has a miscarriage has a higher risk of breast cancer than other women.
The correct answer is False.
Miscarriage results in the body naturally shutting down the rapid cell growth in a woman’s breasts that occurs during pregnancy.
11. We are not responsible for how we treat our bodies.
The correct answer is False.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
12. An abortion can have serious emotional side effects.
The correct answer is True.
Most who choose abortion, later experience a great deal of remorse and guilt; some experience post-abortion stress for years.
13. Abortion is just a woman’s issue.
The correct answer is False.
Following an abortion, a father can be as emotionally and mentally damaged as a mother.
14. Abortion is not “murder” because an unborn fetus is not a human being.
The correct answer is False.
Psalm 139:13-15 - For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
15. The morning-after pill is just another contraceptive.
The correct answer is False.
The beginning of pregnancy is traditionally defined as the joining of sperm and egg to form a zygote. The morning after pill works by altering the lining of the uterus and preventing the implantation of an embryo after fertilization which, in essence, is an early abortion.
16. A fetus cannot feel pain during an abortion.
The correct answer is False.
Based on the development of the nervous system, babies as young as eight weeks gestational age feel both psychological and physical responses to stimuli.
17. Most abortions are performed fairly quickly.
The correct answer is False.
Abortion procedures are fairly gruesome and complicated, involving the cutting, crushing, and sucking out of the torn fetus’ body parts. A less common, but still practiced form of second-trimester abortion is known as salt poisoning. A large needle is inserted through the abdominal wall of the mother into the baby’s amniotic sac. The baby breathes and swallows a solution, suffocates, and convulses. It takes over an hour for the baby to die, and the mother goes into labor and delivers a dead baby. Third trimester abortions are probably the most gruesome. A baby’s body is pulled out except for the head. A hole is made in the baby’s skull, the brain is sucked out, and then the dead baby’s body is pulled out.
18. Abortion clinics have a vested economic interest in performing abortions.
The correct answer is True.
The economic advantages for conducting abortions are phenomenal for abortion clinics.
19. Fetal tissue harvesting involves scientific testing on aborted baby body parts.
The correct answer is True.
Fetal tissue harvesting involves the procurement of organs, tissue or external body parts from aborted babies for use in research, testing and experimentation.
20. In the United States, it is illegal to sell human tissue of body parts.
The correct answer is True.
It is against federal law to sell human tissue or body parts. However, in the case of fetal tissue harvesting, the customer does not pay directly for the body parts. Rather, they pay “service fees” to cover the “retrieval” and delivery of the body parts.
21. Abortion is usually the best answer to a crisis pregnancy.
The correct answer is False.
Proverbs 14:12 - There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
22. Crisis pregnancy centers are hard to find.
The correct answer is False.
A pro-life crisis pregnancy center can be found under “abortion alternative” in the yellow pages of your phone directory or through an online search.
23. Giving up a child for adoption is a long process.
The correct answer is False.
Most adoption agencies do not have enough children to fit the demands of couples wanting to adopt a child. Often, couples wanting to adopt a child will sign up for a wait list, in hopes that when a child is born, they can adopt it.
24. God can forgive someone who has had an abortion.
The correct answer is True.
Psalm 103:11-12 - For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
25. God will never forget the sin of an abortion.
The correct answer is False.
Isaiah 43:25 - I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
I took ChristiaNet's 25-item Abortion Quiz and here are the answers:
1. Human life is of high worth and significance. The correct answer is True.
Psalm 139:4-6 - Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in-behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
2. A fetus is not technically a human being until it is born.
The correct answer is False.
In Psalm 51:5, David writes of his human nature from the time of conception: “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.”
3. The United States has one of the highest abortion rates amongst developed countries.
The correct answer is True.
Statistics show that from 1973-1996, the average number of abortions conducted annually in the United States is over one million.
4. The majority of women getting an abortion in the United States are under age 25.
The correct answer is True.
54% of women getting an abortion are younger than 25 years old, and 19% are teenagers.
5. Most abortions are attributed to rape and incest.
The correct answer is False.
Approximately only 1% percent of all abortions are attributed to rape and incest.
6. Legally, the father of an unborn fetus has the ultimate say in an abortion decision.
The correct answer is False.
Legally, a mother’s right to abortion overrides a father’s objections.
7. The majority of abortions take place between 2 to 8 weeks of pregnancy.
The correct answer is False.
The earliest first term abortions occur at eight weeks, while the majority occur between eight to twelve weeks.
8. Abortion can have severe effects on a woman’s body.
The correct answer is True.
Women who undergo abortion face a number of possible physical complications including hemorrhaging that requires a transfusion, perforation of the uterus, cardiac arrest, endotoxic shock, major unintended surgery, infection resulting in hospitalization, convulsions, undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, cervical laceration, uterine rupture and death.
9. Women who have had an abortion during the first or second trimester have a much higher risk of breast cancer than other women.
The correct answer is True.
The risk of breast cancer for women who have experienced an induced abortion is 50 percent higher than among other women. A woman’s body naturally produces a rapid cell growth in the breast tissues during pregnancy. This growth shuts down after giving birth. Abortion, however, does not shut down this rapid cell growth, resulting in a significantly higher risk for breast cancer.
10. A woman who has a miscarriage has a higher risk of breast cancer than other women.
The correct answer is False.
Miscarriage results in the body naturally shutting down the rapid cell growth in a woman’s breasts that occurs during pregnancy.
11. We are not responsible for how we treat our bodies.
The correct answer is False.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
12. An abortion can have serious emotional side effects.
The correct answer is True.
Most who choose abortion, later experience a great deal of remorse and guilt; some experience post-abortion stress for years.
13. Abortion is just a woman’s issue.
The correct answer is False.
Following an abortion, a father can be as emotionally and mentally damaged as a mother.
14. Abortion is not “murder” because an unborn fetus is not a human being.
The correct answer is False.
Psalm 139:13-15 - For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
15. The morning-after pill is just another contraceptive.
The correct answer is False.
The beginning of pregnancy is traditionally defined as the joining of sperm and egg to form a zygote. The morning after pill works by altering the lining of the uterus and preventing the implantation of an embryo after fertilization which, in essence, is an early abortion.
16. A fetus cannot feel pain during an abortion.
The correct answer is False.
Based on the development of the nervous system, babies as young as eight weeks gestational age feel both psychological and physical responses to stimuli.
17. Most abortions are performed fairly quickly.
The correct answer is False.
Abortion procedures are fairly gruesome and complicated, involving the cutting, crushing, and sucking out of the torn fetus’ body parts. A less common, but still practiced form of second-trimester abortion is known as salt poisoning. A large needle is inserted through the abdominal wall of the mother into the baby’s amniotic sac. The baby breathes and swallows a solution, suffocates, and convulses. It takes over an hour for the baby to die, and the mother goes into labor and delivers a dead baby. Third trimester abortions are probably the most gruesome. A baby’s body is pulled out except for the head. A hole is made in the baby’s skull, the brain is sucked out, and then the dead baby’s body is pulled out.
18. Abortion clinics have a vested economic interest in performing abortions.
The correct answer is True.
The economic advantages for conducting abortions are phenomenal for abortion clinics.
19. Fetal tissue harvesting involves scientific testing on aborted baby body parts.
The correct answer is True.
Fetal tissue harvesting involves the procurement of organs, tissue or external body parts from aborted babies for use in research, testing and experimentation.
20. In the United States, it is illegal to sell human tissue of body parts.
The correct answer is True.
It is against federal law to sell human tissue or body parts. However, in the case of fetal tissue harvesting, the customer does not pay directly for the body parts. Rather, they pay “service fees” to cover the “retrieval” and delivery of the body parts.
21. Abortion is usually the best answer to a crisis pregnancy.
The correct answer is False.
Proverbs 14:12 - There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
22. Crisis pregnancy centers are hard to find.
The correct answer is False.
A pro-life crisis pregnancy center can be found under “abortion alternative” in the yellow pages of your phone directory or through an online search.
23. Giving up a child for adoption is a long process.
The correct answer is False.
Most adoption agencies do not have enough children to fit the demands of couples wanting to adopt a child. Often, couples wanting to adopt a child will sign up for a wait list, in hopes that when a child is born, they can adopt it.
24. God can forgive someone who has had an abortion.
The correct answer is True.
Psalm 103:11-12 - For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
25. God will never forget the sin of an abortion.
The correct answer is False.
Isaiah 43:25 - I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
