Many in the anti-abortion camp base their convictions on inferences drawn from the Bible or from decrees pronounced by their churches. This raises an obvious problem. If one group determines its position exclusively from the Bible or church teaching, what is the effect for people who do not embrace the authority of the Bible or of the church? At this point, the issue of religious tyranny, or the illegitimate intrusion of the church into the realm of the state, rises immediately. In other words, who has the right to say what’s right and on what grounds?
