'Abortion is never justified' do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view. You must refer to Christianity in your answer

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'Abortion is never justified' do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view. You must refer to Christianity in your answer

Abortion is becoming more widespread in today's society. And still Christians stand by the belief that abortion is never justified under any circumstance. They believe that the unborn child is a human being right from conception. Therefore an abortion would be murder.

The Christian belief in the sanctity of life is based on the teachings of famous Christians and on what they read in the bible. “You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother’s womb” This seems to be saying that god has already begun to have an influence on the life of a person before they are even born. The life of a person is already unique and god has already given them their own identity before they are born. If this is true, and the quote seems to be saying that it is, then abortion would have to be seen as a crime on the same level as murder. There are no good grounds for murder, one of the Ten Commandments says, “Do not commit murder.”

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There is great controversy over abortion when it concerns the life of the pregnant mother. It is fundamentally wrong to put the life of the foetus above the things that have been there to allow it to survive just because it will not be dependent upon them after the time of birth. This argument seems to be overwhelming and is, in my opinion, a justification for a Christian to have an abortion on the grounds that her health or her life would be seriously threatened by continuing the pregnancy for the full term. The life of the child is ...

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