These are traumatic circumstances and these people need to know of certain organisations such as CURA, which console and help the victims.
Another invalid reason for abortion is that the mother doesn’t have to keep the baby she could have it adopted if after nine months she still didn’t want it.
If a baby is handicapped then people think it is all right to have an abortion. There are many other arguments, like the population
explosion will not be solved by making abortion illegal. Every child has the right to be a wanted child. Abortion saves thousands of children from being unwanted and saves society from these problems. They also think it is more of a trauma giving up a child for adoption than having it aborted. How can this be true? Surely the guilt would be worse if you killed the baby, than having it adopted and giving it a chance for life. Even if abortion were made illegal thousands of women would risk their health and life by having an abortion in back street abortion clinics. Society should concentrate on health and social welfare to help people in such cases.
As a Catholic these arguments have no meaning to me, abortion is wrong without any exceptions. Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator. God alone is the Lord of life from the beginning until the end, no one can under any circumstances claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent life. God makes life and only he has the power to take it back.
The fifth commandment states this, ‘Thou shall not kill’. This applies to all humans, whether they are born doesn’t matter. We all know of the consequences of killing a fellow human, life imprisonment is one example, if this is what is received for killing a human then why does someone get paid for killing a foetus? This is one problem I can’t understand.
A good example of a place where abortion could have happened is in a family with a blind mother, a deaf father and five children all born with serious diseases. When the mother became pregnant again, if had an abortion like many would have, she would have aborted Beethoven.
Abortions have terrible scares on the mother and I feel that the use of abortion to prevent over population is a disgrace, we should concentrate on improving quality of life.
I feel that by having an abortion it is the easy way out of a situation, which a young woman has got herself into. Although she may feel
she doesn’t have many options she does, she could have the baby adopted when it is born, she could keep the baby and raise it herself.
The fact that abortion is the killing of the innocent, what could be more innocent and precious than a little unborn baby. It is a crime against humanity and against God. We are disobeying God when we do this we are doing what he told us not to do.
The Christian principle of respect for human life at every stage of its existence is clear firm and clear. God alone is the lord of life. Man is made in his image and likeness. We come from God, we go to God, we belong to God.
God’s commandment ‘Thou shall not kill’, unconditionally forbids all taking of innocent human life from its beginning in the womb until the end that God, not man has set for it.
In the eyes of God all life is equal and of priceless value. We must see every life as having the value, which it has for God.
The other issue haunting society is Euthanasia. Euthanasia is the Greek word for easy death. It is practically like suicide, which is against the Ten Commandments.
There are many arguments both for and against for this topic. One being that a person who is old deserves the right of a dignified painless death. It is a basic human right to end your life.
The Christian view on this subject is clear, that God is the author of life and that God likewise determines when and under what circumstances a life on earth is to be terminated. We believe that we are all here on this earth for a reason. This reason cannot be completely fulfilled if we don’t live our life to the second the God calls us, not a doctor.
The Care group Hospices tries to ensure that a dying person gets al the love and care that they need when they are ill. They are prayed for and the person and their family are given great comfort. They help the person to have courage. It is more dignifies to die with the care and prayers of people, than to take the easy way out with so called, mercy killing. The growth of euthanasia arises not only from
the technology explosion, with methods of death being much more effective. It arises from the false belief that life can somehow be
judged in terms of its quality, and if that quality is not apparent, then we humans have the right to terminate it.
The church views this as murder, that life cannot be qualified. Whether we are rich or poor, successful, failures, healthy or handicapped, we are all very important in the eyes of God. We are made in his image. A terminally ill patient has the right and the duty to live as long as god wills, as does the doctor and relatives.
St Paul told the Galatians ‘Let us never slacken in doing good, for if we do not give up harvest in due time’ (Gal. 6:9) Our life is judged on our harvest of good deeds, not our riches. Those who work on the Hospice movement and in old peoples homes testify that they are drawn closer to God through sharing in the lives of those who need them. The Church reject the ‘Mercy killing’ for one it’s a crime against humanity. The job of a doctor is to preserve life at all costs, from the moment of conception until the moment of natural death. It’s not the doctor’s job to ‘play God’.
It is significant that the arguments for euthanasia are exactly parallel to those advanced for abortion. I feel that once society accepts legalised abortion it becomes logically and morally impossible to oppose legalised euthanasia. But the matter cannot stop even with voluntary euthanasia. It is obvious, and is admitted even by some euthanasiasts themselves, that an even stronger case can be made for euthanasia for people incapable of choice than can be made for so-called voluntary euthanasia.
The fact still stands that euthanasia is the taking of a person’s life with their consent. God is the only person who is capable of performing this act and therefore I feel that it is wrong.
I think that in a culture where euthanasia becomes thinkable Christians must commit themselves anew to the care of the old and dying. People believe that a suffering person has the right to die, others think this would also apply to mentally or physically handicapped infants after birth as well. But surely by doing such a thing, we are returning to the days of Nazi Germany where Hitler
and his army killed millions of Jews, Disabled and many others where were not true Germans. Is this what we are doing with euthanasia, trying to make the world perfect without any
imperfections in it? I feel the people of today’s society don’t want to answer this question but I fell anyone who agrees with euthanasia has to think like Hitler.
In conclusion, as Christians I believe that all human life is sacred and is of equal value. It all deserves the respect to be loved and cared for, from conception until its dying day. When Mother Theresa was helping the poor she said ‘in the face of the dying was the suffering of Christ’ this is a good example for us to live by. We should take the time to help the expectant mothers and comfort the dying patient, rather than killing them. We need to encourage society that abortion is not the way to solve the problem of an expected pregnancy, nor is euthanasia a way of escaping from this world. As I said before and will say again, God gave us life and only he can take it back. He will take our life when he feels we should go, not when someone else feels it is time.
Abortion and Euthanasia
“God gives life and only God can take it away” Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer showing that you have considered more than one point of view.
This is a statement that is true for our Roman Catholic Church. I agree with this statement, it is God and only God who decides that a child will be born, and he decides the exact moment of our death. God is the only one who can determine the length of our existence, and no modern technology can change this. A doctor has no right to stop a life and cannot ‘play God’. It is morally and socially wrong and it is extremely evil and selfish.
In the case of abortion, the baby in its mother’s womb is safe and secures until the cold steel instrument of death approaches it and ends its life before it got started. The baby is scared and knows that something is wrong. This is evident in the film ‘The silent scream’. In the film we are shown, through ultrasound technology, an abortion. The baby curls up, away from the instrument, and opens its mouth as if in a silent scream. This was a very moving film, and after the abortionist saw it he never again performed another abortion. Through the film I learned how horrible and cruel it is to tear up innocent baby without it even having a say in the matter. Even a person with no faith in God cannot argue that the facts shown in the film are shocking and abortion is inhumane. Any arguments for abortion can easily be torn apart, for instance, some say abortion is more humane than bringing a child into the world to homelessness and poverty. How can this be true? It is better for a child to have the chance to live and work its way out of poverty, as to not have seen the sun or its mother’s face. Life is sacred, and whether you believe in God or not there is no denying this. Anyone can lead a happy life if the will to live is there, life is not any less valuable if you are poor.
In the case of rape, it may be very hard decision, but why should the baby be punished for its parent’s crime?
If a baby is unwanted, there are plenty of people who can’t have children who would love to adopt a child.
Euthanasia is the killing of a person to give them a painless death. The person is usually given a drug, which works quickly. The Catholic Church condemns this, it is an easy death produced in a society that is taking the easy way out, and can’t be bothered keeping people alive in hospitals, as it costs money. If this is condoned, then the trust between doctors, relatives and patients completely disintegrates.
It is only God who can determine the moment of death. He has our lives planned out for us until the minute that he calls us back to live with him.
If a person you love is dying in pain it is very hard to watch, but they need comfort to get through it, not to be ‘relieved’ from their pain by mercy killing.
The Church views this as murder because one of the commandments states ‘Thou shall not kill’. Even if the intentions of the people involved are easily justified, we have to remember that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. There are many people who believe that this is not true, they think the person who is dying should have the right to die when they want, and a painless dignified death. The fact is that even if the person is suffering, being surrounded by friends and family can relieve this. Both the body and the spirit of the patient need care and love.
In many cases, doctors wrongly predict when a person is going to die. Some people have been given two months to live and lived two years.
In conclusion, the statement the ‘God gives life and only God can take it away’ is very true. It is the people with little faith in God who support abortion and euthanasia. This proves that when someone disagrees with God, then their moral standard and respect for life slowly disintegrate and they only think of themselves. There are many people who have recently been killed in the prime of their lives. This is wrong and shows how little value some people place on human life. This is just as wrong as abortion and euthanasia. Modern age place less value on life, regardless of the stage it may be at. As a Christian I believe that no matter what age, colour or religion, all life is sacred and worthy of respect.
