Shannon Feeney

Faced with the issues of Abortion and Euthanasia. Explain how a Christian would respond.

Christians believe that Human life is sacred and in today's society many practices undermine this teaching daily, through the likes of
abortion and euthanasia.
 

In 1973, the Supreme Court’s decision made it possible for women to
get safe, legal abortions from well-trained medical surgeons, and
therefore led to dramatic decreases in pregnancy-related injury and
death (abortion).
 At the moment euthanasia is illegal throughout the world apart from in the State of Oregon, where there is a law specifically allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for the purpose of euthanasia. In the Netherlands it is practiced widely, although, in fact, it remains
illegal.
The Majority of religions disapprove of Euthanasia and Abortions and

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Christianity holds a firm on were they stand on their argument against. They firmly believe that both acts are wrong and immoral, that we should not have the choice to decide whether or not another lives or dies, and that no matter what, we are all created equal. They are very clear that human life (the human person) begins at the very moment of conception. Therefore, it is unjust to destroy the human embryo or foetus deliberately and directly. The strongest biblical evidence used the prohibition to commit murder (Exodus 20:13) and the teaching that it is God alone who should ...

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