Jodi De Silva 10Ber
‘Abortion is never justified.’ How far do you agree?
This is a difficult question because the topic of abortion has a lot of people involved for different reasons. E.g. doctors dealing with the medical issues, MP’s dealing with the legal issues etc. People have different views on this subject and so it depends who you are asking. People who have had an abortion think that it was the best thing to do because of their individual situations and experiences and would disagree. However others would agree, because of their religious beliefs or opinions on when life begins.
Catholics would agree with the statement abortion is never justified. They believe that life begins at conception and by having an abortion you are killing another human being that has equal rights to life with its mother. The church teaches that every human is made in God’s image spiritually. And so, life is a holy gift given from God, which we do not have the right to take away. Catholics believe that it doesn’t matter what the reasons are for an abortion, it is always wrong and should always be prevented. In the bible it says ‘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.’ This tells us that God created us right from the beginning, and right at the start he has already got a plan for each of us. And so Catholics would argue that even if you have strong reasons not to have the baby, you should look for other alternatives, but never destroy a unique unborn child that is destined to have a life. God teaches us that we should love everybody, no matter who they are, and so Catholics believe they have a duty to love these weak, unborn babies, and protect them as they cannot protect themselves.
