Is birth control just as bad as abortion from a religious perspective?
God does NOT prohibit abortions. According to the Bible, God COMMANDED his followers to kill and rip open pregnant women (Numbers 31:17, Ezekiel 9:6, Hosea 13:16), and he killed millions of pregnant women himself (Flood & Plagues). There are even Biblical INSTRUCTIONS on how PRIESTS should abort an unwanted pregnancy (Numbers 5:12-31). According to the Bible, man became a living soul when the BREATH of life was BREATHED into his nostrils (Genesis 2:7). Fetuses do NOT breathe through their nostrils until after BIRTH. In Biblical times, male babies were NOT counted as persons until they were a MONTH old, and female babies were not counted AT ALL (Numbers 3:15). The Bible also says that some would be better off if they had NEVER been born (Ecclesiastes 6:3, Matthew 26:24).