in malta abortion is prohibited under ANY circumstances; what is the church's position on the subject?

Question

any circumstances, including all the ones that are admitted in countries with very restrictive policies about abortion, such as ireland and poland.

i am amazed. there are cases in which without an abortion both the mother and the embryo would surely die. is the maltese law even stricter than the catholic and anglican churches? (that, i am pretty sure, admit abortion in such cases)

Answer 1

The issue of abortion is a private one. One for the parties involved to decide what the best course of action to take is. In some instances it will the mother and father, some cases just the mother but it is an issue solely for them to decide upon, based on their own conscience and morals, not the morals of religious elders, politicians or judges to decide upon.

The position where at one stage church and state were so close that they were indiscernable is one that has had lasting consequences but one that is slowly being eroded in countries that were previously under Roman Catholic oppression.

Thanks to the European Convention on Human Rights all freedoms are being listened to, protected and no longer ignored because of who has the ear of the person with the power to change things. No longer will rights be ignored because the person who doesn't like them can shout the loudest. This means all rights, all freedoms, including, among others, marital privacy and bodily integrity.

No one else has the right to prohibit a medical procedure, which is not only not harmful but benefical to the patient, simply because it does not accord with their beliefs. This is a breach of everybody's human rights. The sooner such laws and the influence of the all churches on such issues,and all matters for the record, the better.

This doesn't exactly answer the question posed but neither did the others answers, which did far more than outline the church's position on abortion. I felt it only right to give the other side of the discussion on such an important issue and thereby give a balanced answer and hopefully encourage people to make up their own minds rather than have someone else make up their minds for them.

Answer 2

If by the church you mean the Catholic church then they are anti-abortion under any circumstances. Not all Catholic nations take this strict view and allow it under exceptional circumstances. e.g. Ireland.

Most Christian churches are anti-abortion but depending on the denomination they take varying stances on the circumstances under which abortion should be permitted.

Personally, I think the state should stay out of it (as in the UK) even if there is state religion, as such (e.g. Spain). Not all people subscribe to the same religious doctrines and as such should be allowed to act within their own conscience, as to whether they abort an unwanted preganancy or not. Abortion will always happen where it is outlawed whether the abortion is self inflicted, 'back street' illegal abortions or done overseas. Legalising abortion means that those who are intent on an abortion can have the procedure safely.

Answer 3

The Roman Catholic Church has never approved the taking of a human life, even enutero. The US allows abortion at the desire of the pregnant woman. It is still mortal sin for a Catholic to abort a child in the US. Malta is Roman Catholic.

Answer 4

i know that the catholic church prohibits abortions, but this has always been a controvertial issue. what if the mother's life is in danger and can only be saved through removing the foetus? or what about a woman getting pregnant through rape-would she really want to bring up a child who constantly reminds her of the traumatic experience? The catholic Church stand is very straightforward on abortion-if that abortion is as a result of promiscuity and sheer selfishness on the mother's part. any other reason is open for serious debate.

Answer 5

the curch considers the emryo as being a human being since after all it's alive. That's why he is so severe with abortion. Some religion thought agree with it in some cases in which the birth of the child could be a problem for his whole life...for example he has malfunctions or so on. some other consider it as murder just after the brain is formed and until this point they agree with the abortion. this is a very seriuos matter and I think that women should be left alone to decise either to keep the baby or not and if they decide not to, they should be free to do so. It's better to die when you are an embryo than to live an unhappy life. None of us have memories from the time we were embyos but we sure have them from our day to day life. The church safeguards life and I agree with it, but it shouldn't decide for us.

Answer 6

It's the same as Malta's All the countries you have named are Catholic countries and they follow the Law of the Catholic Church when it comes to abortion.

Answer 7

The Church of Rome regards an abortion as murder. I don't know what the good old Anglican Communion has said about it, but as an Anglican I actually think the Church of Rome is right. To answer your question the people of Malta G.C. adhere to the teaching of the Church of Rome

Answer 8

Malta is a Roman Catholic country and as all Catholics is against Abortion !!!
Abortion is killing of the embryo and killing is against God's law and commandments. So what it's all about ???

Answer 9

Well, hopefully the church's position would be the same as the Bible's. In Exodus chapter 21 it says "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. "

Now if the penalty was so severe for an accident, how much more so should it be for deliberately murdering the baby?

Answer 10

"An abortion is a sacrifice to the god of Self."

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