Catholic Perspective of Abortion

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Abortion is intentionally putting an end to a human pregnancy. The Catholic Church has very strict views on this subject matter. To begin with one of the Ten Commandments Catholic’s are forced to live by is “You shall not kill” (Exodus 20:13). Taking the life of a baby whether it is in the women’s womb or not is murder in the opinion of a Catholic. If you abort a baby, you are killing a living being in a Catholic eyes, it has potential to walk on this earth one day. “Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstances claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being.” (Vatican) The Vatican is very firm on the issue. God created you and created that baby and you have no right to take anybody out of this world. Human life is so closely regarded, because it’s like portraying all of God’s artwork. We are all God’s creation and nobody has the right to intervene in the birth of one of God’s creations.

We’ve come to a point now where abortion is legal so now people questions if the church has changed their views? They respond by first telling everyone contemplating abortion that abortion conflicts with moral law. If they don’t feel as if they are violating any of their morals the church goes on to declare that “You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the new born baby to perish” (Vatican).Which tells anyone contemplating it that under no circumstance is it ever acceptable whether the government has made it legal or not it is still illegal under the Commandments of Catholics...

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...lley abortions or do it themselves, but that is like saying that we should make drugs legal so people will stop buying them out of back alleys and dying. Sounds stupid doesn’t it? It’s because it is abortion is erroneous. Abortion is murder point blank. That baby did nothing it is innocent it is the definition of innocence. Sadly though abortion has become way too common in America since Roe v. Wade’s reckless court ruling. Abortion is wrong you have to realize you are killing a human being. You never will know what the future of that baby could’ve amounted to it may have been the next president or the one to find the cure for cancer.

Works Cited

Cardinal O'Connor. Abortion-Pro Life-Cardianl O' Connor. n.d. Document. 2014.

Harms, Monte. Quotes about Abortion. 9 October 2008. Media. 2014.

Vatican. Cathechism of the Catholic Church. n.d. Document. 2014.

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