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Abortion is meant by the termination of an unborn fetus. There are two types of Abortion-natural and artificial. The natural abortion is often referred to as a miscarriage or a spontaneous abortion. ... An artificial abortion is when the mother decides that the baby is unwanted or the fetus is a risk to the mother’s health if she carries on with the pregnancy. The law is that abortion is only allowed if the physical or mental health of the pregnant women is at risk or there is a real risk that when the child is born it will be severely handicapped. Abortion is not allowed after the 24th week of pregnancy because babies have been kept alive after that period. Induced abortion has become one of the most intense and polarizing ethical and philosophical issues of the 20th century. In the United States of America the debate over abortion has led to legal battles in the courts. ...
Abortion has been used throughout the world for thousands of years. Abortion was made illegal in the 19th century when the penalty for ‘procuring a miscarriage’ was life imprisonment. ... Many people were appalled at the number of women suffering and dying as a result of illegal abortion. Pressure mounted for reform, which finally resulted in Liberal MP David Steel’s Abortion Reform bill. ...
The Roman Catholic Church is the only major world religion to rule that abortion is unacceptable in any circumstances (including the probable death of the mother). ... This teaching goes back to the Didache, which states that “You shall not kill by abortion the fruit of the womb”.
“Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception, abortion and infanticide are the most abominable of crimes”
Statement from the Roman Catholic Church
“If you do make a mistake don’t destroy the life…because also to that child God says, “I have called you by your name, I have carved you in the palm of my hand: you are mine”
Mother Teresa (Roman Catholic Nun)
The Church of England and The Church of Scotland teach that abortion is wrong but accepts that there are certain extreme circumstances when the mothers needs are greater then the fetus’.
Approximate Word count = 1395
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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