Abortion
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- Created on: 17-01-13 22:22
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- Abortion
- legal in the UK if the foetus is less than 24 weeks old
- It has to be done before the baby could live outside the womb without medical help
- Many Christians believe that all babies have a soul from the moment of conception and so are fully human
- Therefore they believe abortion is the same as murder
- Jeremiah 1:5
- The sixth of the Ten Commandments is "you shall not murder"
- Church of England and Roman Catholic Church teach that abortion is a great moral evil
- Human life must be protected and respected from the moment of conception
- The Roman Catholic Church does not permit abortion under any circumstances
- They believe that life begins at conception, therefore a women should never abort a foetus
- However, if life saving treatment given to a pregnant women results in the unavoidable loss of the foetus, this is acceptable
- known as the "double effect"
- The Church of England teaches that abortion is only acceptable is exceptional circumstances
- Other Christians take a broader view, but believe that abortion should be a last resort
- Christians can look to Christ's teaching of agape and say that, in some circumstances,it would be the most loving thing to do
- legal in the UK if the foetus is less than 24 weeks old
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