In this part of the essay I will be stating the catholic and biblical views on abortion.

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Catholic teaching on abortion

In this part of the essay I will be stating the catholic and biblical views on abortion.

There is not much teaching about abortion in the bible because during the time it was written abortion was not the common occurrence as it is today, abortion back then was not a safe procedure. Even though the bible does not use the word ‘abortion’ or deal with its issues directly, Christians can use certain bible passages to support their views. However the bible does stress the sanctity of human life; abortion is intensically evil, life is a gift from god and we are all made under god’s image. Genesis 1:26 supports this: Then god said “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Also another quoting from the bible is Exodus 20:13, which simply says: “You shall not murder”. This commandment means it is wrong to take human life unless in the case of war or capital punishment. God plans and knows every person before they are born, this is proven in Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

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The Catholic Church teaches that life begins at conception and they believe that abortion is always wrong to kill an unborn child. They believe that it is sacred human life and has the same respect as any other human being. If a woman is raped and pregnancy is a result the Catholic Church would still not support an abortion, they say the child should not have to pay the price for someone else’s crime. If the worst comes from the birth then the church encourages the woman to put the child up for adoption than to abort it. However there are ...

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