Catholic Views On Abortion
Abortion is a controversial topic that different religions have a very opinionated view on. According to Dictionary.com, abortion is the termination of a pregnancy (2016). There are two types of abortion. The first one is when a miscarriage happens and abortion is needed to remove the unborn baby. The second one is when a woman decides to not have the baby and induces an abortion. The end result to an abortion is the death of an unborn baby. What makes this so controversial is who should execute the choice of abortion the individual or the state. In addition, in which situations is abortion appropriate and who has the right to come up with these rules. Essentially, abortion is a medical procedure that comes with ethical questions. Although
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Catholic’s view on abortion is that any abortion that directly kills the unborn baby is sinful and is banned. There are situations that sometimes indirectly cause an abortion, which is principle called the “double effect” (Connell 1020-1022). An example of this is when a woman goes through an ectopic pregnancy. This can endanger the life of the mother, so the physicians perform a surgery to cut the fallopian tube, which in return removes the embryo from the nutrients for the mother’s womb and it inevitably dies. This is not considered sinful because the life of the mother was saved due to the removal of the fallopian tube; it was not saved because of the embryo dying (Robinson 2011). In order for abortion to be morally acceptable, it has to follow four rules. The first one is that abortion had to not be an expected outcome and that everything was done to avoid it. The second one is that the direct effect has to be for a positive reason. The third one is that the abortion is not made as a mean to get the positive effect. Lastly, the positive effect has to be at least as important as the abortion (Connell 1020-1022). It does not matter how the woman becomes pregnant because it is not an enough reason to commit an evil act (Robinson 2011). According to Robinson, if a woman was raped, they can take the morning after pill if the embryo has not implanted to the
Catholic’s view on abortion is that any abortion that directly kills the unborn baby is sinful and is banned. There are situations that sometimes indirectly cause an abortion, which is principle called the “double effect” (Connell 1020-1022). An example of this is when a woman goes through an ectopic pregnancy. This can endanger the life of the mother, so the physicians perform a surgery to cut the fallopian tube, which in return removes the embryo from the nutrients for the mother’s womb and it inevitably dies. This is not considered sinful because the life of the mother was saved due to the removal of the fallopian tube; it was not saved because of the embryo dying (Robinson 2011). In order for abortion to be morally acceptable, it has to follow four rules. The first one is that abortion had to not be an expected outcome and that everything was done to avoid it. The second one is that the direct effect has to be for a positive reason. The third one is that the abortion is not made as a mean to get the positive effect. Lastly, the positive effect has to be at least as important as the abortion (Connell 1020-1022). It does not matter how the woman becomes pregnant because it is not an enough reason to commit an evil act (Robinson 2011). According to Robinson, if a woman was raped, they can take the morning after pill if the embryo has not implanted to the