Explain how Christians might put their beliefs about abortion into action.
Explain how Christians might put their beliefs about abortion into action
Christians sometimes take teachings from their Church and from the Bible and put them into action. This can be done in a number of ways such as supporting public campaigns, joining public groups or making sure that their private life reflects their beliefs.
Although there are literally thousands of organisations worldwide putting their beliefs about abortion into action, I have studied three groups that a Christian might join. One of these groups is called ‘Pro-Life’. Pro-Life is an organisation that believes life begins at birth and so therefore abortion is murder. Pro-Life supporters protest that abortion is helping to destroy families. They also say that women should not have the right to an abortion if it is at the expense of her baby. The Pro-Life organisation emphasises adoption as an alternative for women who don’t want to keep their children. Pro-Life’s main aims are to provide more counselling, financial and emotional support and practical help (such as free pregnancy tests) to pregnant women. They also aim to ensure that, if abortion remains legal, it is available on demand to avoid late terminations. Pro-Life puts its beliefs into action by distributing papers twice a month to churches, sending leaflets to teachers in schools, challenging the legal position on specific cases of abortion and challenging over-seas policies. One example of Pro-Life challenging another countries policy on abortion is when China’s one child policy was investigated when it was found that millions of pounds of British taxpayers money was being given to one of the world’s largest ‘abortion promoters’. This is an extract from a newspaper that covered the story. “Pro-Life MP, Edward Leigh, endorsed Mrs. Spelman’s call for an enquiry and put this question to the House of Commons “Is the aid given [to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)] by the British taxpayer effectively financing activities that are contrary to every notion of…human rights and civilised behaviour?” Christians may join Pro-Life because they are living out their beliefs and biblical teachings such as “Thou shalt not kill” and they are trying to stop people from what they see as sinning.
