I'm not sure what all religions believe in this, but it is a
tenet of
Mormonism.
Foreordination is the belief that God
ordained people to be
prophets,
apostles,
bishops or just about any other
calling before they were born. It's important to note that just because you are foreordained to a
calling, it does not guarantee that you will actually achieve that calling in life. In this respect, foreordination is much different than
predestination.
The concept of foreordination can be found in Jeremiah 1:5:
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."
That verse and the concept of foreordination can also be used to show that abortion is not supported under
Christianity.