The second verse as I understand is important to the abortion issue. Whether the word means "born prematurely" or "miscarriage" is important, as some, seeing that it may mean "miscarriage" and the punishment being a fine, and not death, would say that the baby in the womb is less than human.
I guess to understand what is meant by the word you'd have to know the culture or something. I'll put that verse again and the context it is in. Maybe that will help.
[color:"0000FF"]When men get in a fight, and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born [prematurely], but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman's husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment. If there is an injury, then you must give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.[/color] Exodus 21:22-25
