When Does Life Begin or Cease?

Abortion is certainly on our legislator’s agenda in many states and our national leaders. The question about abortion seems to be when does life begin. I believe the Bible teaches that life begins, as well as ceases, when the child or individual begins to breathe or stops breathing. (Ecclesiastes 12:7 and Job 12:10; 34:14) In the creation story, God breathed into the human creation and the human became a living soul (Genesis 2:7). I do not believe abortion is to be a birth control option. I do, however, believe that a woman, her family, physician, and religious beliefs should aid her/them in that decision, not state or national government. When an abortion is chosen it needs to be done in a hospital under careful medical attention. If a woman and her family choose to birth and keep a child who is developmentally and/or physically disabled, I think the state and national resources need to be available to her and her family as they raise that child because it is going to be a demanding situation, i.e., financially, emotionally, socially, etc., throughout the child’s life.