Many things make the morality of euthanasia questionable, the teachings of Jesus being one of the most important for the Christians. As we read in the Bible, Simons Mother in law was seriously sick and lying in bed with a fever; as soon as Jesus arrived he was told about her state. He went into her room and took her by hand – immediately the fever was gone and she felt well again. (Matthew 2 30-31) By the actions of Jesus Christians are supposed to deduce that there is always a chance that a person will be healthy again because of actions of God, and it is not for humans to decide whether the patient should die but for God.
The euthanasia is an action against the human nature – the main purpose of a human organism is to survive, e.g. our skin gets thicker if we work in hard conditions to prevent harm – so why should we kill an organism that is still fighting with the decease? We should let the nature take its natural course, let our creator decide.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the abortion is a murder. According to the Bible, on the moment of conception a real, living person is created with unique talents and characteristics – no less of a person than any adult. Catholics believe that God himself decided on them as he said “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you”. That even before the conception God already prepared a mission for the baby and decided on the special talents that it will receive. Because it was God who started the life, he is the creator – and only the creator has right to destroy his creation. Therefore they feel that Humans are not to decide on the time of death.
There is no one to speak for the child, it is killed mercilessly, a being at the state when it is at its purest and most innocent. There is no one to speak in defence of it and it is considered and removed like some kind of a disease, not a blessing, like Church teaches us.
The same as with murder, often the main victim of an abortion is not a baby but the mother. Killing own baby is totally against natural parent instinct of women and can cause very serious mental changes. Often the woman does not choose to terminate her pregnancy but is forced to because of fear of reaction of parents or unforgiving society. Often pressure is so big that mother is forced to reject her Christian views and do what just seems to be the only option.
However there really are no cases where euthanasia is acceptable, there is one where abortion is allowed – it is when mother’s life is at risk because of her pregnancy and she has to abort the baby to stay alive. Some argue that when the foetus is disabled or deformed and has no chances for “normal” life the abortion should be allowed too. But who are we to say that life below a certain level of quality is pointless? As a Christians we must remember that every each of us has been given a mission and we should not interfere with God’s plans. The decision to kill the baby just because it is unwanted or disabled seems to be even more selfish and immoral if we consider the fact that there are many other alternatives to abortion. One of them would be putting the baby into an orphanage or give it to people who are not able to have babies on their own and who will be extremely happy to be chosen to get one.
As a Christians we should believe in the sanctity of life and euthanasia and abortion are one of the most scandalous examples of breaking it – these are the examples of a murder done on an innocent and defenceless people, where the most shocking part of it is that some try to justify it.
