what does the christian church teach about abortion
...tors would agree that a child would cause depression to the mother. People may also have abortions if they feel they do not have the money to support a baby. There are many different reasons why a woman may want to terminate the pregnancy, should anyone judge their reason or choice? There are several biblical church teachings, which could be raised in a discussion on the issue of abortion. A question that Christians may need to think about to answer is 'does God consider the foetus as a "real" person or not?' The Christian Churches believe that abortion should only be used in the most serious circumstances and therefore should not be encouraged at all. The Bible teaches us that life begins when the baby is in the mother's womb. 'For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb.' (Psalm 139:13) this tells us that we are all unique individuals from the moment we are conceived. In Jeremiah 1:5 we are told, 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.' This tells us that before we were born God had already made us the special individuals that we are. It also shows us that all human life is sacred, even the baby in the womb and that by aborting it we are killing a person; a person that God has already started to love, as we are all sent as a gift of love. So as life is given as a gift from God, why should we have the right to end it? One of the Ten Commandments are 'Thou Shalt Not Kill.' Abortion is taking the life of an innocent person. For example, a Christian may say that if a woman falls pregnant as a result of rape, why should she end the life or punish the developing child; the child has done nothing wrong, the baby cannot decide on what circumstances they are conceived under. Having said that Roman Catholics believe that life begins from the moment of conception, when the woman's egg is fertilised by the man's sperm, many Christians from different churches also agree with this point of view, but others do not. Others believe that the foetus cannot actually be described as a person until later in the pregnancy, when these groups of cells become more recognised as a living being. Some also say life of the baby only begins when the mother can feel the bab...