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Should Catholics be Able to have Abortions?
Should Catholics be able to have abortions? ... The Catholic Church believes that “direct abortion is never morally tolerable option. ... But, many others including myself believe that abortion is necessary when a woman’s life, health, or family is endangered by her pregnancy. ... But, according to Katrina Maxtone-Graham, the Catholic Church cites the bible out of context an imposes an anti-abortion agenda on the Scriptures. ...
Jaffe, Frederick, and Lee observe that the Catholic Church tries to appeal to American Catholics’ pride in our country’s history. The church states “ As Americans, as Catholics, and as pastors of our own people, we write therefore to call our fellow citizens back to our country’s founding principles, and most especially to renew our national respect for the rights of those who are unborn, weak, disabled, and terminally ill”. ... It permitted abortion before fetal movement, which was generally detectable after about the 16th week of pregnancy. ... There were no laws in regards to abortion in the U. ... the founding fathers didnt even consider these words with fetal life or abortion. ... Before the abortion controversy, this passage was used as a “vocational call”. It had nothing to do with abortion. ...
The church say “ Catholics should recover their identity as followers of Jesus Christ and be leaders in renewal of American’s respect for sanctity of life.” Jesus never mentioned abortion or sanctity of life. ...
Knapp, Leone, and Szumski explains, when the church launched the campaign against “partial birth abortion”, they did not take into account that such late term emergency abortions were performed on women who wanted a baby, many of them Catholics opposed to abortion.
Approximate Word count = 1296
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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