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Abortion and Euthanasia
Human life is sacred, this means life is precious and that no one has the right to take life away only God. ... The teaching of the Catholic Church is expressed in the declaration on procured abortion (1974) in this the church points out that respect for human life is not just a Christian duty. ...
Abortion is an operation carried out to remove the growing foetus from its Mothers womb so that it can be destroyed. In the UK abortion has been legal since 1967, when the law about abortion was passed in parliament. The abortion act said that a person should not be guilty of the unlawful ending of a pregnancy if: The operation is carried out by a registered doctor and in a registered hospital. ... The act says abortion is acceptable if the pregnancy is no longer than 24 weeks. ...
There are many points against abortion, these are: The unborn child is a separate human being. ...
The Roman Catholic teachings on abortion is that the church says that abortion should be allowed under any circumstances, because even while still very tiny and still hardly developed the baby growing in the womb is the beginning of a human life,
And another human being should not end any life created by God at any stage of its development. ... ’ For this reason I say abortion is the greatest evil. If anyone of you does not want his own child, do not kill it, give it to me’
Also connected to issues involved in abortion and the sacredness of life is euthanasia. Our beliefs in the value of life influenced by the church also affect the way we see euthanasia.
Euthanasia is the act of bringing about the easy and gentle death of a person, usually someone who is terminally ill or in great pain. For this reason it is often called ‘mercy killing’
There are two types of euthanasia. Voluntary or active euthanasia is when the person concerned asked someone else to help them die. ...
Passive euthanasia is when the person concerned is no longer in a condition where they can make a decision for themselves. ...
‘For every thing there is a reason, and a time for every matter under heaven, a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted’ (Ecclesiastes: 1-4)
The Roman Catholic Church is opposed to euthanasia because it is seen as murder.
Approximate Word count = 1965
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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