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Nov 10, 2024 · 3. The Bible teaches that the child in the womb is truly a human child, who even has a relationship with the Lord. The phrase "conceived and bore" is used repeatedly (see Gen. 4:1, 17) and the ...
- St. John Eudes
St. John Eudes was a French missionary and the founder of...
- The Catholic Church and Abortion
By Fr. William Saunders. The Roman Catholic Church has...
- St. John Eudes
Nov 10, 2024 · By Fr. William Saunders. The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians ...
Answer: Though we don’t find the word abortion mentioned in any biblical text, we can deduce from Scripture, not to mention natural law, reason, Church teaching, and patristic witness that abortion is intrinsically evil. On abortion, consider these Scripture passages: Job 10:8, Psalms 22:9-10, Psalms 139:13-15, Isaiah 44:2, and Luke 1:41.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law" (No. 2271).
The enactment of laws prohibiting abortion should be carefully formulated whenever the law provides the clause: "except in order to save the life of the mother." If abortion were understood in the sense stated above, there would be no need to use the exception clause. Moral and medical prudence would be sufficient, as it has been in past ...
The article represents a summary of the Catholic Church's position on abortion. The article is written in clear & precise language.] Ch. 1 Catholic Teaching on Abortion. From time to time we hear it suggested, even at times by Catholic politicians and academics, that Catholic teaching on abortion is unclear.
The Catholic Church's stand on abortion was first directly attacked on April 19, 1970, when the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for Women's (NOW) so-called Ecumenical Task Farce on Women and Religion burned a Catholic missal and sent the ashes to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
