As a general rule, if you don't believe something, you probably shouldn't be preaching it. To do so is called "hypocrisy", and for good reason, it is typically frowned upon.
When it comes to the abortion issue, hypocrisy is just about everywhere. It's very hard to justify the mass murder of innocent babies, and there are no compelling arguments for it. Even the only compelling exception is merely a pawn for abortionists, and is the equivalent of saying "if you believe it's ok to kill in self defence, you should also believe it's ok to kill a random person minding their own business on the street". The obvious answer? Exceptions do not invalidate rules.
One of the strangest, and telling hypocritical statements from abortionists is when they appeal to other faiths. When an atheist argues with a Christian on morality, it's very odd for Islam to enter the discussion. The atheist, of course, is not a Muslim, so why would he care what Muslims believe? The Christian, likewise, is not a Muslim, so why would "Muslims believe X" have any impact on how much a Christian then accepts X?
But many abortionists do like to argue that other faiths support abortion, and therefore Christians should too. This, however, is hypocritical. If you're debating a Christian on the morality of abortion, only two religions matter: Christianity, and yours.
On a video in which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ever the bright spark that she is, made this argument, I commented "It’s always amusing to me when people bring up other faiths. Like, are they right? You don’t believe their faith, why cherry pick what parts you like? Tell me why YOU don’t (sic) think abortion is ok, I’ll show you why it isn’t." To me, this seems to be a fair response. I didn't even mention Christianity here. Setting aside the brain fart I've just spotted in my original comment, I intended to say "tell me why you think abortion is ok, and I'll show you why it isn't".
But abortionists cannot make a compelling argument for why abortion is ok, mainly because it isn't. As God tells us, "...when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel." (Romans 2:14-16). In other words, you don't have to be a Christian, nor do you even need to know what the Bible says, in order to instinctively know that murder is wrong. That's why most non-Christian nations throughout history have naturally outlawed various crimes, with murder being the standard example of an evil act.
But of course, if you ask me why I think abortion is wrong, I'm going to start with my Christian faith. I'm going to tell you that human beings are made in the image of God, and for that reason, He alone has the authority to dictate when a human life ends. While He does outsource that authority on occasion (for example, Genesis 9:6: "“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man."), He does not do so frequently, nor lightly, nor is abortion one of those occasions. Therefore, since abortion is the unjust and premature end of a human life, those who partake in it are guilty of a grievous sin, commonly known as "murder".
Unbeknownst to me until today, this comment received several replies, all of them following the same logic of the example I have chosen to highlight. He said "Her point is that people of other faiths should not be confined to the limits of yours."
Now, before we go on to illustrate the hypocrisy and absurdity of this reasoning, let's think about how scary it is. Keeping in mind they are defending infanticide, what they are basically saying is "I should be allowed to do whatever I want as long as my religion permits it". Or, more specifically, "I should be allowed to kill whoever I want as long as my religion permits it".
I don't know about you, but that isn't the kind of person I'd want to be friends with. In fact, ironically, I rather like when such people are hypocrites. If you're going to defend murder, I'm quite content for you to not practice what you preach.
But just as some religions permit abortion, some permit, and even prescribe the murder of blasphemers, apostates, and hypocrites. Islam, for example. The result is that several Islamic groups band together to do just that. ISIS, for example, are an Islamic group of terrorists who are quite happy to murder anyone they consider to be unfaithful towards Islam. Their favorite method of doing so is beheading.
Now, I'm willing to bet anyone on ISIS' long list of potential targets probably wants them regulated. "I'm not a Christian" is not an excuse for cutting someone's head off. So, why should "I'm not a Christian" be an excuse for crushing someone's body into a gooey mess and dragging them from their mother's womb in many pieces? The obvious answer is it shouldn't be, and that is precisely why the unborn are the only people group abortionists use this atrocious logic on. No one criticises me when I say "black lives matter". No one shouts me down as a closed-minded bigot when I stand against Iran's policy of killing gay people. No one brings up the number of religions that are ok with killing atheists when I say Apostate Prophet shouldn't be killed for leaving Islam. No, it's exclusively the unborn whose lives hang on whether or not certain religions permit their extermination. Why? Because abortionists are hypocrites with no way to defend their bloodlust.
What's particularly ironic, however, is that this standard cannot be maintained, due to its self-refuting nature. In the words of Charles James Napier: "Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs."
As implied, Napier's words were directed towards Hindu priests, who were complaining to him about his prohibition of their religious ritual in which they would burn widows (alive, no less) on their husband's funeral pyre. His response is the perfect refutation of this ridiculous argument that people of other faiths should not be confined to the limits of Christianity. Let's modify Napier's quote to make it a relevant response to this comment:
"Be it so. This murder of the unborn is your custom; prepare the forceps. But my religion has also a custom. “Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the child is crushed. Let us all act according to religious customs."
Now, to clarify, I do not believe abortive mothers should necessarily face capital punishment, due to their plausible deniability. A doctor, however, has no such excuse. Knowing precisely what he is doing, he proceeds to brutally dismember one of the most innocent and defenceless members of the human race. Therefore, it is the legitimate role of government (and I cannot stress that enough, government, not regular Joe on the street) to punish him accordingly. As Romans 13:3-4 says, "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil."
This is the whole reason the government exists! If a government does not reward good and punish evil, they are devoid of function. Preventing abortion should be a bare minimum! And that should span across faiths! There should not be a single religion, even a single person, that should stand idly by and affirm a government that permits, much less defends, a woman's "right" to murder her own child.
But ultimately, murder isn't the only crime that justly carries the death penalty. Ultimately, all sin is punishable by death. But God is pro-life, so much so that scripture tells us He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:32; 33:11). Therefore, although every last human being on this Earth regularly does something to earn His everlasting wrath, God has instead made a way, just one, for each and every one of us to be saved, which He expressly tells us is His desire (1 Timothy 2:4).
That way is through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. He came to this Earth through the womb of a virgin, where He experienced the development of a normal human being from conception, all the way into adulthood. When the time came, He began a ministry, and He made God known more clearly to mankind. During His life, He never once sinned, never broke God's Holy laws, never did anything worthy of death. Yet He died anyway, suffering the penalty due for sin. After that, He was laid in a tomb, and on the third day, He took His life back, and walked right back out His grave.
Because of this, everyone who confesses Him as Lord, and believes in His resurrection, will be saved. Abortion can be forgiven. Lying can be forgiven. Denying Him can be forgiven. There is not a single sin a man can commit that cannot be forgiven as long as the sinner turns from it to Christ (called "repentance") in faith. The alternative, unfortunately, is that God aborts the sinner. Choose wisely.