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An older man who seems to be the leader of the Jesus Tshirt group says that the Bible forbids abortion in its commandment __hou shall not kill.__ut being in the Bible Belt, people really know their Bible, and an older woman cites Exodus 21:22_23, a passage that says a man who causes a pregnant woman to miscarry must pay a fine but is not charged with murder, not unless the woman herself dies.Thus the Bible is making clear, that a dependent life is not the same as an independent life.
Gloria Steinem My Life on the Road
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An older man who seems to be the leader of the Jesus Tshirt group says that the Bible forbids abortion in its commandment __hou shall not kill.__ut being in the Bible Belt, people really know their Bible, and an older woman cites Exodus 21:22_23, a passage that says a man who causes a pregnant woman to miscarry must pay a fine but is not charged with murder, not unless the woman herself dies.Thus the Bible is making clear, that a dependent life is not the same as an independent life.
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Gloria Steinem

My Life on the Road

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