Abortion Can Never Be Justified

Abortion Can Never Be Justified

Christians all react differently to the issue of abortion. Some would

say that abortion is murder because they would believe that life

starts from the moment of conception. This follows a Roman Catholic

Church view but not all Roman Catholics would agree. The mainstream

Roman Catholic view is that life is sacred. They would say that life

is God given and the only person who has the right to take life is the

one who created it (God). If God has created all life then God is the

only person who can take it away. So if a woman was raped then the

Roman Catholic view would be to raise the child by "loving her

enemies" Mark 12:29-31. This would mean that she would be loving her

enemy, which would be the baby from her oppressor and love the child

to give it a healthy way of life. Roman Catholics would support giving

her help and aid to raise the child by giving the mother money and if

needed a secure living environment. Even if she could not look after

it herself most Roman Catholics would accept her putting the child

into adoption, that way the child is not murdered and can be loved and

cared for. But not all Roman Catholics as I mentioned before have this

opinion on abortion. Some would adopt their own opinions or those of

other churches.

The Church of England say that abortion is wrong unless having the

child is putting anybody's life in danger. They see that life does not

begin until birth. Anything before that is only potential life,

therefore to have an abortion is not murder but it is still not

acceptable to have one for any other reasons. They would explain in

the case of rape that abortion of the oppressor's child would be seen

as the lesser of two evils and should be accepted. The Church of

England still recognise that human life is valuable as it is created

in the image of God but they would argue that life does not start at