can anybody help!??
2007-09-12 05:15:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Life begins at conception, abortion is murder. I'm an atheist and I still find a hard time disagreeing with this sentiment.
Pope John Paul II warned against the emerging 'culture of death'. It was a speech against abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty. The Catholic church currently has the stance that only God can decide when it's time for a person to die.
2007-09-12 05:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:
2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.
God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: 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 person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," "by the very commission of the offense," and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
2322 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a "criminal" practice (GS 27 § 3), gravely contrary to the moral law. The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.
2274 Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.
Prenatal diagnosis is morally licit, "if it respects the life and integrity of the embryo and the human fetus and is directed toward its safe guarding or healing as an individual. . . . It is gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent of a death sentence."
2007-09-13 08:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main view is that it's murder in all cases. There really isn't much to write.
The Catholic Church believes that life begins at conception. That each unborn human being has a God given right to life that cannot be taken away by other human beings.
Abortion can never be acceptable for any reason. The right to life can never be trumped by another's right.
2007-09-12 12:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by Misty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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)
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 vitro fertilization, frozen embryos, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning
+ The elderly, sick and dying in objecting to assisted suicide and euthanasia
+ Prisoners in objecting to torture and the death penalty
+ The poor and minorities in supporting social justice issues.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 2270 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.htm#2270
With love in Christ.
2007-09-12 23:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
firmly against it
2007-09-12 12:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by talon 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're against it
2007-09-12 12:20:33 · answer #6 · answered by murnip 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋