Christian Views on Abortion

As such it does not possess yet rights of a moral person With this argument , they find abortion morally justified . For Christians , it is very clear that life begins at conception based on Biblical principles and the natural law . Every new life becomes a fetus first before turning into a full grown human being . It is the first stage of human development . By cutting the fetus off one is deprived of the right to live , which is the most basic right of all human beings This is the natural process of creating life

given by God to mankind Intervening in that process opposes God 's commandments

When a child is conceived , irregardless how the woman got pregnant , God has no choice but to let that life grow . That is His law and we have no right to question His wisdom because we are simply His creatures . The assertion that the woman has the right to own her body and do whatever she likes is incorrect because that body comes from God as well as her life . We owe everything to Him who made us . Practically , we do not have anything . That is why we should be grateful to God who gave us life . In its position on abortion , the Anglican Church resolved in its 1983 Synod that the fetus is God given life , with the potential to develop relationships , think , pray , choose and love . All human life , including life developing in the womb , is created by God in his own image and is therefore , to be nurtured , supported and protected (COFE par . 3 . On the other hand , the Catholic Church stresses that from the time that the ovum is fertilized , a life is begun which is neither that of the father nor the mother it is rather the life of...