About the subject of when life begins and whether we can know that or not, I agree with the letter writer that this question is indeed far too complex and overreaching for you or I or even a Supreme Court justice to decide on.

In fact, in the Roe v. Wade decision the high court did NOT decide when life begins, rather that a “right to privacy” gives a woman a right to take the life of her unborn child.

I agree with the letter writer that in fact “only God knows whether or not the unborn child has a spirit” at conception. I would add, however that the Bible does have a commentary about the unborn child that DOES support the pro-life position. In Jeremiah 1:5 the Lord states, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” And in Psalm 139 “For you created my inmost being: you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; ... My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in that secret place.” And later in the passage, “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

There is no doubt in my mind that life begins at conception. God loves and has a plan for each and every child, no matter how small. My prayer is that Christians will stand up and protect the lives of “the least of these”.

Bob Patterson
Fayetteville, Ga.