2007-05-03 16:18:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are against it.
Same for birth control.
Same for masturbation.
2007-05-03 16:20:41 · answer #1 · answered by Maggiecat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The church is 100% against it. The reasoning, in a nutshell, is that the baby is considered a human being from the moment it is conceived. My logic is this; if the pregnancy goes through to completion, the only possible outcome is that a human being will be born. If a pregnancy's only possible outcome is for a human being to be born from it, then it's always been a human being and has a right to live (yes, I'm catholic but I believe that this would be my rationale even if I wasn't).
As far as the church's position on birth control goes, the only method acceptable is the rhythm (meaning abstinence during the time of the month that a woman can conceive) because you haven't interrupted the process of the sperm reaching it's inevitable goal once deposited (IE: condoms, etc).
The pill (I'm not a doctor but I read this a long time ago) hardens the walls of the uterus. This means that the sperm reaches the egg and you have conception but the product can't attach itself to the uterus and will die off (I believe the church views this to be equal to an abortion).
I realize that all you asked was for the church's position but I figured you were probably asking for a reason and wanted you to have some information.
If you're asking because the act has already been commited and you regret it, there are support groups that you can talk to. Because I am of faith, I'm letting you know that you are forgiven.
2007-05-03 16:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by CUrias 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics believe that from the moment of conception until natural death, each human being is endowed by God with dignity and rights.
You shall not kill. (Ex 20:13; cf. Deut 5:17)
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you. (Jer 1:5; cf. Job 10:8-12; Ps 22:10-11)
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. (Ps 139:15)
Early Church writings: You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish. (Didache 2, 2: SCh 248, 148; cf. Ep. Barnabae 19, 5: PG 2, 777; Ad Diognetum 5, 6: PG 2, 1173; Tertullian, Apol. 9: PL 1, 319-320)
With love in Christ.
2007-05-05 16:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church has always condemned abortion as a grave evil. Christian writers from the first-century author of the Didache to Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Evangelium Vitae ("The Gospel of Life") have maintained that the Bible forbids abortion, just as it forbids murder.
Mother Teresa argued, simply, "If abortion is not wrong, nothing is wrong."
The scientific premise is that the life of the individual member of every animal species begins at conception. In other words, all humans are human, whether embryonic, fetal, infantile, young, mature, old, or dying. - Peter Kreeft
I AM AGAINST ABORTION!
LET US SAVE THE BABY HUMANS!
Please read the articles in the links below:
2007-05-03 16:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by COMET 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church is pro-life. They are against abortion because abortion is murder.
2007-05-03 16:25:18 · answer #5 · answered by zoril 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church recognizes the evil of all forms of premeditated murder, including abortion.
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2007-05-03 16:31:22 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We believe life starts at conception. Even when you look at a very young fetus you can see it is a human - it has hands and feet and a heart beat. Life should be respected from conception to natural death.
John Paul II on the right to life.
"The common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights--for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture--is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination."
2007-05-03 16:31:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
they are firmly against it. all who have an abortion, or assist someone in any way in getting one, will likely be excommunicated. politicians who support abortion rights are commonly denied communion.
2007-05-05 18:53:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are very much against it - just like most other Christian churches.
2007-05-03 16:21:21 · answer #9 · answered by Je veux changer le monde 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what the Catholics think about abortion, but I do know what God says about it! It is MURDER and it is a SIN....PERIOD!!!
2007-05-03 16:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by heavenboundiwillbe 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋