-No woman may attempt to produce her own miscarriage using poison or any instrument
-it is unlawful to assist any woman who attempts to have an abortion.
However there where loop holes on this legislation as those who really wanted ion abortion could go over to England to get one. This meant that abortion was only available to those who could afford to travel. Also this made a fence of the law as it was possible to get an abortion even though is was illegal
Below are a few points from the National Abortion Campaign on a woman’s right to choose :
-Abortion is often a lesser than over crowding homelessness, the problems of bringing up to many children, not having enough money for another child, the and of a career.
-It is more of a trauma giving up a child for adoption then having an abortion.
-If a child is going to be severely handicapped, the parents should be allowed to choose weather or not they want an abortion.
-If a woman is raped and becomes pregnant then abortion is the most humane way of helping her. The same goes made pregnant because of incest: or a mentally deficient girl who gets pregnant: or a school girl of 14.
-Every child has the right to be a wanted child. Abortion saves thousands of children from being unwanted and saves society of many problems
To equal out the argument here are a few points from the give life a chance group:
-Modern science proves that the unborn child ids a separate human being from contraception, it is never just part of his/her mothers body.
-By allowing abortion, society is taking the easy way out, it should concentrate on improving the quality of life in society.
-Even in the womb an unborn child has the right not to be killed.
-Abortion is not just a matter of religion it is about murder, injustice and the denial of human rights. The U.N. delegation on the rights of a child states that children need protect ion before as well as after birth.
-I f society did more in the way of contraception and education, and helped single mother by providing counselling and places where they could seek advice, abortion would not be necessary.
There are a group of people called moderates who are neither a gift or a curse and only think that abortion should be allowed under circumstances stated below:
- If the mothers life is at risk
-if the baby is going to be badly handicapped
-if the woman has been made pregnant by being rape so therefore it wasn’t here choose to conceive a baby.
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ON ABORTION
Christians see abortion as being a bad thing because on two occasions god has made indications that he considers an unborn child as a living being even though it can’t choose to live or die for its self.
Psalm 139:13-16 and genesis 1:27 or Luke 1:41-44
If it is accepted that an unborn child is a living being then it follows that it deserves the rights and respect that are given to all human b beings as the bible teaches hat all human life is sacred.
As one of the Ten Commandments clearly states do not murder (exodus 20:13), although in certain circumstances the bible shows that lethal force can be used in self-defence or in the defence of others. However, biblical teaching states that the deliberate killing of an innocent human being is always wrong.
Furthermore, Christians believe that children hold a special place in god’s eyes.eg.
“let the children come to me do not hinder them for the kingdom pf heaven belongs to such as these”
On the other hand the bible says at one point that the foetus is not regarded as bring important to god as a growing human because the punishment for killing ad unborn child is a fine whereas in all other circumstances murder is punished by death. e.g.
If two men are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman so that she losses her baby , but is not injured in any other way, then the man who hurt her is to be fined whatever amount of money the woman’s husband demands, subject to the approval of the judges.
The churches would agree with what the bible says in that abortion should be allowed in certain circumstances even though it is the destruction of a human life.
To concluded I will enter my own view point on abortion:
I agree with the moderates that abortion should only be allowed under certain circumstances as it the destruction of human life no matter what way you try top cover it up.
