Abortion was practiced in the ancient Near East at the time of Moses. Waltke considers a number of Old Testament texts to test them for their view on the life of the unborn child and the nature of the fetus: Genesis 2:7, Job 42:7, and Psalm 51:5.

This article is on the topic of abortion and the sale of fetal tissue. Looking at Planned Parenthood's practice of selling tissue from deceased fetuses, this article shows how language can be used to obscure the truth.