![]() ![]() Among my students-Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and irreligious alike-this belief was universal. To put a finer point on it, I have found that most people in the United States believe the Bible somewhere contains a clear and forceful prohibition of abortion. Session One: Abortion in the Ancient World and What the Bible Does (and Doesn’t) Say About ItĪs implied above, there is significant discrepancy between what many people think the Bible says about abortion and what biblical texts actually say. The lesson plans are appropriate for undergraduates at all levels. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked prior to the official decision in the Spring of 2022, I was teaching a course at Stanford called “Bible, Politics, and the Internet.” It should go without saying that I had already planned a class session on abortion and reproductive politics, but in the wake of this momentous event my students and I agreed this topic deserved a more thorough treatment. When a draft of the majority opinion in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Thus, it is well within the purview of the biblical or religious studies classroom to cover what biblical texts do say about abortion, what the Bible is perceived to say, and how that discrepancy came to be. Neither of these is true, and yet “the Bible” is continually pulled into the cultural and political fray. That is not to say that biblical literature contains in-depth discussion of abortion, or that it provides particularly clear and compelling arguments for or against abortion. The debate over abortion ethics, law, and policy in the contemporary United States is inescapably Bible-centered. ![]()
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