The Roman Catholics believe that abortion is morally wrong and a sin in all cases. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that life begins at the moment of conception and from that moment it is sacred and everybody should try to protect it. Therefore to abort a foetus is to break the commandment ‘thou shalt not kill’.
There are groups that work to make Abortion illegal; these are pro-life groups such as LIFE and SPUC, they believe that abortion is morally wrong no matter what and it should be considered murderous to terminate a pregnancy. There are also pro-choice groups such as the national abortion campaign, which believe that abortion should be legal and it is the choice of the mother weather she wants to terminate her pregnancy or have the baby.
On the subject of ‘having children’ God told his people that they should multiply he said “Be fruitful and increase, fill the earth” (Genesis 1:28). When God said this, the world was sparsely populated so he wanted to fill it with his people. He also said, “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one’s youth. Happy is he who has his quiver full of them” (Psalm 127:4-5). The arrows representing the sons, the warrior, the father. Happy is he who has many arrows, meaning the more sons the father has, the happier he will be.
Throughout Jesus’ life he was a healer. Throughout his ministry Jesus consistently demonstrated that healing was central to the kingdom of God. Jesus healed the sick so that they would have a better quality of life. He cast out demons and made people whole but he never ended a life.
In the gospel of John chapter 1 Jesus is presented as the incarnation or embodiment of God; he is the word of God made flesh. Christians believe therefore that in the life of Jesus God has entered human experience in the form of Jesus of Nazareth. The human physical body therefore is the vehicle through which the divine is made real in the world. Christianity therefore has a strong materialistic dimension to it; flesh and blood are the mechanisms through which God is known. The body, and its sacredness, prohibit the premature ending of life.