An embryo is a person and has a right to life. Discuss

Roman Catholics and Conservative Protestants follow the ‘pro-life movement’, which means that they believe that abortion is always wrong, regardless of the consequences anyone may face. Roman Catholics are absolutists and they believe that life is sacred. The foetus is already a human being and it should not be taken away unless it is God’s doing. Therefore Roman Catholics strongly agree with the statement. I would agree with that abortion is wrong and should not be allowed in most circumstances. However if there is a serious issue with the mother of the foetus then abortion should be allowed.

Anglicans and Liberal Protestants believe that abortion is undesirable but is permissible in some circumstances. They believe that life does not begin at conception and therefore abortion is allowed. Anglicans would disagree with the statement as they don’t believe that life does not begin at conception. I would agree with statement because you would be allowed to abort the foetus if there was a serious situation. But I would disagree that life does not begin at conception, because it is another potential form of life.    

Muslims would say that abortion is allowed in particular instances but it is not very desirable because they believe that life is sacred. Muslim law accept that abortion is permitted if continuing the pregnancy would put the mother’s life in real danger. An unborn child receives its soul from Allah when it is 4 months old and because of this, some would say that terminating a pregnancy before 4 months would not be a murder because the foetus is not living yet. However with this point I would have to disagree because life begins at conception    

Overall looking at different views of abortion, I believe that abortion should be allowed in particular instances if there were serious problems. However if there were not any issues then the foetus should be allowed to live as it is a human being. I believe that life does begin at conception but that abortion should be allowed before 9-12 weeks because there may be a serious risk to the foetus or the mother. This is when the foetus has signs of life.