What do Catholics believe about abortion…?

“…Condemned is any action which either before or at the moment of intercourse is specifically intended to prevent procreation-whether as an end or a means... It is never lawful, even for the gravest reasons to do evil that good may come of it…”   HUMANAE VITAE-JULY 25TH 1968

All Catholics do not share the same outlook; the Anglican Church view is that a couple should be responsible as parents, therefore meaning they should limit the number of children to what they can afford. Also they have not decided when they think that life begins, they all have different opinions but they do not think that it is as simple as the ways the Catholic Church believe it. Some other Christians think that the mental and physical health of the woman is the most important thing and others think it will make a couple closer, as they have no fear of any consequences that may happen.

Abortion is the murder of an unborn child in the womb; this is why it is unacceptable to the Christian church under any circumstances. They believe life begins at conception, the moment the sperm and the egg meet.

This means that abortion denies the fundamental right to life.

 In the 10 commandments God said, “Thou shall not kill” so abortion is going against the word of God. Some people describe the situation as “the war of the powerful against the weak”.  They believe that people think that because the unborn child is not capable of speaking up for itself then it doesn’t have any rights. They are totally helpless at this point that is why people believe they need our help more than anyone else.

“Unborn children are the poorest of the poor and they demand out protection”

MOTHER TERESA

Jesus did not help the rich people in society, as they were not the ones who needed his help, it was the poor people, so this is why Jesus and the catholic church believe that we should not have an abortion as it is just like turning away the people who need our help most.

 Some other Christians think that a woman should have the right to make her own decisions about abortion- a matter that concerns her body. Not everybody believes that life begins when the sperm and egg first meet, they believe at this point it is not a human but a potential human. It cannot lead its own independent life; it is just a part of the woman’s body. Some religions find it acceptable if the mother’s life is at risk, but only then can she have an abortion.