It is His authority, for example, that lies behind the practice of capital punishment in civilized societies. It is His authority that under girds a nation's engagement in a just war, a war defending freedoms that may be threatened. Our Lord repeated this commandment and all the rest in His Sermon on the Mount. He extended its application beyond the actual taking of a human life. Perhaps we can understand why the unbelieving world would set aside the commandments of God, but to observe some of our church-sponsored hospitals, yes, some of them Lutheran, permitting abortion killing is incomprehensible in light of the clarity of the Word of God and the professed commitment of a Christian to its authority.
Abortion involves killing life, stopping a beating heart.
It may be currently legal in our United States, but it is sinful and repugnant in the courts of heaven. God's call in Deuteronomy 30 is to choose life in the midst of a culture of death. The call is to agree with God that life is a wonderful gift of God and to value all life as precious. The call is to recognize and affirm that only God is responsible for life and death. No one may take this matter into his own hands without God's authority.