The opportunity to conceive is denied for that one egg. As demonstrated by the abortifacient described in Numbers 5:11-32, the medically induced termination of a pregnancy does not mean the woman will be thereafter unable to conceive: "(27) If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse. (28) If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children." (NIV)