According to the Bible...

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Abortion isn't a sin.

When it comes to abortion, the Bible cannot be used to justify an anti-abortion position because the Bible is silent on the issue.

The Bible is Silent on Abortion.

Yes, you read it correctly, according to the Bible, Abortion is not a sin.

The first five books of the Bible have a great deal to say about sexuality and reproduction. For instance, Adam and Eve are expected to cling together, as though becoming one body (Genesis 2:24). In describing the first birth, the book of Genesis, though speaking euphemistically, wants us all to know that Adam and Eve actually had sex (Genesis 4:1)! In Egypt, Hebrew midwives report that the women of Israel recover quickly from their deliveries (Exodus 1). And the book of Leviticus (18) devotes many verses to its view of permissible intimate relations. This Jewish Bible that has so very much to say about sex is, nevertheless, totally silent about abortion.

So, it exists that there is no direct mention of it in the Bible.

Some might say that the notion of abortion is a 'modern concept', but not necessarily so. It might've existed for a long time... but then wouldn't it have found its way into the Bible?

Regardless, it isn't in any religious book, so the Bible Argument holds no water.

And on the quotes/passages frequently cited by the pro-life front? What are those all about? They seem like they are referring to the act, however...

But these verses simply discuss the fetus; they are not about abortion. They do not permit, proscribe, or prohibit abortion. They consider an accidental miscarriage but do not describe the willful termination of a pregnancy. And what if a woman wants to end her pregnancy? Let's say the fetus endangers her life or her physical or mental health. If she decides on abortion, the Bible is silent.

If you want to go further, the 'pro-choice' front may have a new and unorthodox tool in its battle, the Bible. Why? Nowhere in it does it mention that abortion is a sin. Therefore, it is no longer something they need to fight against, in fact, they ought to embrace it. It can help debunk the myths and ill-conceived notions that the Bible explicitly states that the act of abortion is a sin. And of course in the process prove that the pro-life front is deliberately misinterpretting their own dearly regarded scripture and that the pro-life front has been using deception to further its own agenda... (not that the pro-choice front hasn't known that for years).