Re:According to the Bible... (Score 1)

Soooo....what you are saying is that "the fruit depart her" includes the case where the baby is born dead, and that fact would have been considered outside the realm of mischief? And that the mischief that may or may not follow could only pertain to the woman? Not only does your interpretation go against what is the intent of the verse, it also goes against:

1. Law as practiced today in all cultures.

2. Both the pro-choice and pro-life movements. The pro-choice movement insists on the definition of the fetus as something inseparable from the woman. How then could the fetus be considered as something separate but non-consequential? The pro-life movement, which bases many of its beliefs on the Bible, considers life as sacred and God-given, not something that can be taken away or considered of no import, as your interpretation seems to suggest.

Your original argument implies that Christianity is silent on the question of abortion because it supports the practice. This has not been true throughout history, and is most emphatically not true today! A more logical, coherent reason why it is not mentioned in the Bible is simply because the sacredness of life is a given, and that the unthinkable doesn't need to be discussed.