If there was a choice between saving one life or saving two lives, the majority of the population would choose to save two. In today 's culture, it seems as though taking the life of an unborn child is easy, and is not really a big deal. Although abortion is altogether terrible, the choice to make it illegal will only make it abundantly worse. While many people view abortion as taking away the life of one human, making it illegal could potentially be taking the life of two.
Most people have been told and taught that life is a sacred gift. It is precious and should be treated in such a way, yet many are so quick to end the lives of unborn children. Now, it is legal to have an abortion up until the fetus is twenty four weeks. At this point in …show more content…
It wasn’t until the states made it illegal that the church stepped in. Now of course it was still frowned upon since they believed life was a precious gift, considering it’s been immoral since the 1st century. The Catholic Church has always opposed abortion and the procedure that takes place. In the fifth century St. Augustine “vigorously condemned the practice of induced abortion” as a crime. The Church, however, also believes it should be illegal. Many people throughout the Church pick a side whether it 's pro life or pro choice. Abortion is and was viewed as a sin, but not murder. The Church considers any type of destruction to an embryo abortion, which includes embryonic stem cell research. The Church strongly believes that a human being must have the rights of a person starting from the first of their existence, the moment of conception. It also believes it is society’s right to protect the unborn baby. The two binary sides of this particular subject are, pro-life and pro-choice. A poll ran in 2008 throughout the U.S. found that fifty nine percent of the Catholics considered themselves pro-life, while the other thirty six percent chose pro-choice. A year later in 2009, twenty four percent of the practicing Catholics believed that abortion was morally acceptable. Sixty eight percent of all Catholics, no matter their view, said that “one could be a good catholic” while disagreeing with the church’s position on
Most people have been told and taught that life is a sacred gift. It is precious and should be treated in such a way, yet many are so quick to end the lives of unborn children. Now, it is legal to have an abortion up until the fetus is twenty four weeks. At this point in …show more content…
It wasn’t until the states made it illegal that the church stepped in. Now of course it was still frowned upon since they believed life was a precious gift, considering it’s been immoral since the 1st century. The Catholic Church has always opposed abortion and the procedure that takes place. In the fifth century St. Augustine “vigorously condemned the practice of induced abortion” as a crime. The Church, however, also believes it should be illegal. Many people throughout the Church pick a side whether it 's pro life or pro choice. Abortion is and was viewed as a sin, but not murder. The Church considers any type of destruction to an embryo abortion, which includes embryonic stem cell research. The Church strongly believes that a human being must have the rights of a person starting from the first of their existence, the moment of conception. It also believes it is society’s right to protect the unborn baby. The two binary sides of this particular subject are, pro-life and pro-choice. A poll ran in 2008 throughout the U.S. found that fifty nine percent of the Catholics considered themselves pro-life, while the other thirty six percent chose pro-choice. A year later in 2009, twenty four percent of the practicing Catholics believed that abortion was morally acceptable. Sixty eight percent of all Catholics, no matter their view, said that “one could be a good catholic” while disagreeing with the church’s position on