- Every woman has the right to do as she pleases with her own body.
- Every baby needs to be born into a family environment where it can be guaranteed food, shelter and clothing.
- There are two many unwanted children in the world already -why add more?
- Other members of the family who will be affected by the birth of an unwanted baby have their rights to.
- If a woman is expecting a severely handicapped child or is pregnant as a result of being raped then she must be allowed to have an abortion.
All these points are facts of life and are reasonable points to make with regards to whether the abortion is allowed to be carried out.
There are also people who believe that abortion is wrong. They make statements along the line of:
- Every baby is a precious gift from God-and must not be destroyed.
- A defenceless foetus has its own right to live and must be protected.
- A foetus is a human being from the moment it is conceived-aborting it amounts to murder.
- A person who is physically or mentally handicapped can still make a huge contribution to life eg: Steven Hawking.
- Many doctors and nurses feel very unhappy about carrying out abortions-their job is to save life not to destroy it.
- Many couples are unable to have children and wish to adopt. They are very few babies available for Adoption.
Christians will voice their opinion with the group of people who wish for abortions to be illegal.
What do the churches feel about this?
The Christian church believes that under no circumstance is abortion allowed to happen every child must be born just as God planned. But what if the mother could lose her life because of the child.
The Orthodox Church believes the same as the Christian church that no abortions are permitted.
However the free churches believe that if the mother has been raped that they may then be allowed an abortion.
Contraception:
What is Contraception? Means using artificial means to avoid a baby being conceived as a result of sexual intercourse.
Most people across the country use Contraception when having sexual intercourse because they are expressing their feelings for one another but not at the risk of having a child being conceived.
What do the churches think about Contraception?
The Christian church believes that use of contraception is a means of interfering with the process of life. They strongly believe that no artificial birth control pill is allowed to be used.
The Orthodox Church strongly believes that sexual intercourse is for the reason is production of children.
Until the late 1930’s the Anglican and protestant churches also followed this rule that sexual intercourse is for children. But after they found out that the family sizes were suddenly getting larger and the money was getting lower that the families could not support such large numbers so they then decided to allow the members or their church to be allowed to use the artificial means to stop the conception of a children.
I strongly agree with the Anglican Church even though my being a Christian I feel that it is our own decision what we do with our bodies and we are the ones who decide that we are ready to start our own families.
