Faced with the issue of abortion explain the different ways Christians might respond.

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Katie Travers      

Faced with the issue of abortion explain the different ways Christians might respond.

Many Christians, from a range of denominations and followers of other religions believe that abortion is taking a life. Although Jesus never teached about abortion Roman Catholics believe that life begins at conception and by having the foetus removed it is murder. Pope Paul VI said “ human life is sacred all men must recognise the fact”. The second Vatican council declared, “Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception”. Roman Catholics believe that abortion is a sin in all cases and that life is sacred and should be protected. Roman Catholics and other Christians believe that a child is a gift from God. By making love you should not exclude the possibility of conceiving. So if your do not want to conceive then you shouldn’t have sex.

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The Church of England also opposes abortion in a report in 1984 that “the foetus is to be specially respected and protected” but it went on to say “nonetheless the life of the foetus is not absolutely sacrosanct if it endangers the life of the mother”. The Church of England believes that “there can be strictly limited conditions under which it may be morally preferable to any alternative” (1983 statement by General Synod). One of the conditions is rape. The Church of Scotland’s board of social responsibility in 1987 says “ abortion has no moral justification and represent the ...

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