An additional reason for an abortion is that the Bible stated the fact to ‘love thy neighbour’. Therefore isn’t it the loving thing to allow a teenager or woman on her own to have an abortion. Another meaning behind that statement is that if a woman does have an abortion we should still love the woman just as much and forgive.
Furthermore it is acceptable for an abortion if there is a financial problem. If a woman gets pregnant even accidentally and is a teenager or currently has no job, it is acceptable for her to have an abortion. This is because she will not be available to raise the child with certain requests (i.e. food or milk) as she will not be able to afford the expenditure.
A point against abortion from a Christian point of view is that it is considered as murder or as a crime (as said by Pope John Paul II). As John Calvin explained ‘Abortion is worse than killing a man in his own house’. By this statement he is explaining that killing a baby in the mother’s womb (where it lives) is worse than killing a man in his own house.
Another point against abortion from a Christian point of view is the sanctity of life. The sanctity of life explains that God has given us a life as a special gift and so who are we to take somebody else’s life. The life has been given for a reason and we should respect that person’s life.
Also all Christians believe that everybody has a right to live – even a baby and therefore that abortion is wrong. This is also reinforcing the fact of abortion as murder.
A further reason is that Mother Teresa stated that ‘The countries that proclaim abortion, or allow it, are really the poor’. This statement explains compares both the poor people that Mother Teresa helped and the ‘poor’ people that decide for an abortion. She is describing that those who have an abortion are morally poor.
In conclusion there is mainly a balance of reasons for and against abortion but most Christians would agree against. I personally disagree with abortion mainly due to the fact that it is basically murder.
