catholics and abortion?

Question

I have heard that the catholic church has changed thair view on abortion .is this true?

Answer 1

No.

The Catholic Church is not just against abortion, it is pro-life in the widest sense. This is often called a "Consistent Ethic of Life."

This pro-life stance stresses the highest regard for dignity of human life including that of:
- All people in objecting to unjust war and nuclear arms.
- The unborn in objecting to to abortion, in fitro fertilization, frozen embryos, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning
- The elderly, sick and dying in objecting to assisted suicide and euthanazia
- Prisoners in objecting to the death penalty
- The poor and minorities in supporting social justice issues.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Quote - "The Catholic Church has not relaxed her strict prohibition of all abortion; but, as we have seen above, she has made it more definite."

It isn't that the Church has changed its views, but rather has "widened" it.

"... the question was submitted: "Is it ever allowed to extract from the body of the mother ectopic embryos still immature, before the sixth month after conception is completed?" The answer given, 20 March, 1902, was: "No; according to the decree of 4 May, 1898; according to which, as far as possible, earnest and opportune provision is to be made to safeguard the life of the child and of the mother. As to the time, let the questioner remember that no acceleration of birth is licit unless it be done at a time, and in ways in which, according to the usual course of things, the life of the mother and the child be provided for". Ethics, then, and the Church agree in teaching that no action is lawful which directly destroys fetal life. It is also clear that extracting the living fetus before it is viable, is destroying its life as directly as it would be killing a grown man directly to plunge him into a medium in which he cannot live, and hold him there till he expires."

---excerpts from the "Catholic Encyclopedia"

All life is precious and unique and can never be replaced.

Answer 3

Did you know that the Catholic Church approved of abortion until 1869? It was OK up to the point of quickening (hardening of the bones) which they said occurred at 40 days for males and 80 days for females. Any abortions performed after 40 days were presumed to be female. Nice huh? Don't believe me? search "Catholic Church Abortion position before 1869"

Answer 4

NO, it has not. A change in the Church's stance on Artificial Contraception is being considered, but this does not entail changes in Catholicism's view on abortion.

Answer 5

I don't think so. There are way to many Catholics who think that abortion is wrong. Although, there may be a few Catholics who are pro-choice (myself) but, I doubt if they could alter the opinion of every Catholic.

Answer 6

Whatever the case abortion is a sin, murder in God's eyes.

Did you know every child is alive before he or she is born; every child is spirit before egg; every child is a thought of God before spirit.

God's Angels, Jesus, and others such as teachers are caring for these murder children in heaven, they will grow and are taught the morals of God.
Kinda rude sending God's thoughts back to him, perhaps that's why this world is messed up.

Answer 7

I haven't heard that, I doubt that's true. I heard they are considering letting up on the "all birth control are forms of the devil" stance, but only because of the spread of std's and such.

Answer 8

rather confident! From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2271 with the aid of fact the 1st century the Church has affirmed the ethical evil of each procured abortion. This coaching has no longer replaced and maintains to be unchangeable. Direct abortion, this is to assert, abortion willed the two as an end or a skill, is gravely opposite to the ethical regulation: You shall no longer kill the embryo with the help of abortion and shall no longer reason the newborn to perish. God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to adult men the noble challenge of safeguarding life, and adult men ought to hold it out in a manner worth of themselves. life ought to be secure with the utmost care from the 2nd of concept: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes. 2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "a individual who procures a finished abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," "with the help of the very cost of the offense," and difficulty to the circumstances provided with the help of Canon regulation. The Church does not thereby intend to limit the scope of mercy. extremely, she makes sparkling the gravity of the crime dedicated, the irreparable injury carried out to the harmless who's placed to death, besides as to the mother and dad and the full of society. 2274 with the aid of fact it rather is going to likely be taken care of from concept as a individual, the embryo ought to be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, thus far as achieveable, like all different individual. Prenatal diagnosis is morally licit, "if it respects the life and integrity of the embryo and the human fetus and is directed in the direction of its secure guarding or healing as a individual. . . . it rather is gravely unfavourable to the ethical regulation while this is comprehensive with the thought-approximately probably inducing an abortion, based upon the outcomes: a diagnosis should not be the equivalent of a death sentence." 2322 From its concept, the youngster has the astonishing to life. Direct abortion, this is, abortion willed as an end or as a skill, is a "offender" prepare (GS 27 § 3), gravely opposite to the ethical regulation. The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.

Answer 9

Yes. They've put a Planned Parenthood clinic in the Vatican.

Answer 10

I have no idea but I am aganist abortions