The Church of England say that abortion is wrong unless having the child is putting anybody’s life in danger. They see that life does not begin until birth. Anything before that is only potential life, therefore to have an abortion is not murder but it is still not acceptable to have one for any other reasons. They would explain in the case of rape that abortion of the oppressor’s child would be seen as the lesser of two evils and should be accepted. The Church of England still recognise that human life is valuable as it is created in the image of God but they would argue that life does not start at the moment of conception.
Some Christians would argue that Abortion is Discrimination against the weak. Unborn babies cannot have a say in whether they would want to live or not and therefore to kill them is to kill someone who is defenceless. An unborn child has never done anything wrong so why should you kill it?
Other Christians may argue that if a woman has used contraception and accidentally got pregnant then she should not have the child, as it was not her intention. Therefore she would be denying herself and by denying herself she is denying God’s temple and denying God. Other Christians would argue that that was God’s plan by bringing another life into existence and that you should not stop the will of God by having an abortion.
There is no point raising a child if her mother was not able to bring her up in a loving and financial environment. It would be denying someone the best chances in life and a child not living in the best situations can lead to troubles. Other Christians would argue and say that there are organisations that provide support and care for pregnant women in need, so there would be no need for an abortion.
Some Christians believe that foetus’ have been shown to feel pain during abortion. Therefore the foetus must be living and to cause pain to a life that has never done anything wrong would be completely unjust. These people would believe that abortion is murder.
Some Christians would believe that to have an abortion with a handicapped child is discrimination. If handicapped people are supposed to have the same way of life as able people then to have an abortion against a handicapped child is denying a potential disabled person the right to a life that they should have.
Other Christians would say that if the mother wad too young to care for a child then she should be aloud to have an abortion. It would not be fair if the child had to grow up without all the opportunities that other children have, and young mothers may find it hard to supply good lives for children.
By making abortion illegal does not mean that people would stop having them. People would be forced to have ‘backstreet abortions’ meaning abortions that cannot be completely medically safe. This means this puts lots of lives at risk. To put many lives at risk is highly dangerous and Christians would argue it would not be fair to take a life when you can take a potential life.
Personally I agree with the Church of England view. I think that abortion can be justified because I believe that someone should not look after a child if they feel they are not capable and then that would not be fair on the child. Some Christians may say that the child could be adopted by I would have to disagree as adoption can sometimes be very stressful and mentally traumatising.