Roman Catholic Church's Argument Against Abortion

RECURRING ISSUE IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, ORTHODOXY AND PROTESTANTISM The most important recurring issues in the study of the history of Christianity during our time period is sexual abuse amongst the Catholic Clergy and abortion, the killing of a living entity, as it is a sin against God according to biblical doctrine. Many believe that sexual abuse happening in the Catholic Church, is directly related to celibacy. The Churches restriction on priests that directs them to abstain from sexual

Abortion and Birth Control Rights in the Catholic Church In our modern world, the topics of abortion rights and access to birth control seem to be at the top of the list for political strife and conversation; being “pro-choice” and “pro-life” are labels thrown around between Republicans and Democrats on the political platform. Despite the topics’ recent political trend due to our country’s new pro-life administration, it has always been a trending topic for women since the 1960s. Monumentally, the

The religious practice of Roman Catholicism seems to almost completely disregard the validity of some women’s reasons to receive abortions regardless of the ethical relevance of the woman’s reason. This idea they carry resides in the notion that the body of every person, including the unborn baby, belongs to God. They feel that if someone is to abort a baby they are taking away life which is totally against Gods wishes. In this paper, I argue that the abortion of a baby/fetus is morally permissible

essay I will be discussing the main ethical arguments surrounding the moral status of the foetus. There are many different views regarding the moral status of the foetus. This essay will discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s view of the foetus, the gradualist view of the foetus, and the fertilisation view of the foetus with regard to moral status. Within these views, the sanctity of life and the concept of personhood will be discussed. The Roman Catholic Church/John Paul II (1995) believes that all

punishment or by abortions we find ourselves in the position where others are dictating the outcome of another person’s life. These two topics have brought a great deal debates, new ruling and changes in the law. The controversy that surrounds them are driven by the strong opinions and in many case the emotional feeling people have about them. Play a major driving force in the disagreement in this two topics are the different religious beliefs. In many ways both the Roman Catholic and Jewish faith

Religious Opinions and Views on Abortion In examining religious opinions on abortion, one must find common ground on which to form a foundation of comparison. With most of the religions to date, that common ground lies on the argument of whether or not a fetus is an actual person. Some religions protest by saying a fetus isn't a conscious being -- therefore there is no loss in doing away with it. But for those religions that do believe there is a life -- or any spiritual being -- in a fetus

Abortion: A Social Injustice Michael J. Redmond RS 316: Catholic Social Teaching Dr. Sisto April 24, 2017 Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. It is currently a disputed topic not only among American society, but also as a social injustice addressed by the Catholic Church. This once illegal procedure is now an easy and common go-to for American citizens. Abortion has been in existence since

Roles of the Catholic Church in Western civilization has been scrambled with the times past and development of Western society. Regardless of the fact that the West is no longer entirely Catholic, the Catholic tradition is still strong in Western countries. The church has been a very important foundation of public facilities like schooling, Western art, culture and philosophy; and influential player in religion. In many ways it has wanted to have an impact on Western approaches to pros and cons in

Over the course of decades, thousands of catholic priests and bishops sexually abused thousands of children. The Catholic Church attempted to cover up these incidents by re-positioning church leaders and has spent nearly 4 billion dollars over 65 years to redeem the church's name. For years the catholic church was aware of priests sexualy abusing young, innocent children, and instead of bringing the situation to awareness they shuffled these priests around to keep the good name of the church intact

Abortion: A Religious Issue      One of the toughest issues to debate in our world today is abortion. Abortion is the induced termination of pregnancy before the fetus can survive. Nowadays, abortion affects all people, not just the mother and the baby. There are moral, ethical, health-related, political, and religious aspects that affect how people feel towards abortion. By looking at religion and its views, one can see just how hard it would be to argue in the pro-choice