Why Do Catholic Women Have Abortion

Catholic women all over the world are faced with the tough decision of ending their pregnancies for many reasons. It is usually something they are ashamed of and would want forgiveness for. The Catholic Church is known to consider abortion murder, a sin. For this reason, the consequence that women who have an abortion have to pay is usually excommunication from the church. Pope Francis mentioned that he would allow all priests to forgive women who want the church’s forgiveness and want to seek absolution (Miller). I believe that the Catholic Church should forgive women who have had an abortion and regret their decision because we are all human and we all make mistakes. There are several reasons why I believe that women who have had an abortion
These people would most likely mention that Abortion is murder because according to the fourteenth amendment no citizen should be deprived of life (“14th Amendment). Abortion is acting against the will of God because God made us all in his own image and likeliness and having an abortion is basically attempting to destroy his work. Finally they would most likely say that abortion usually brings regret to the women who do it. They might even argue that women who have abortions usually end up living in regret and shame of being the ones that made a decision that ended a life, which could have been very much prevented (Melton). However, I believe that the opposition is mistaken on all of these
Abortion is not actually considered murder, because it is legal in the United States. Even though some states availability varies, abortion is legal and if it were murder women would be sent to prison instead. Also, God made us all human, we are not perfect like him and that is why the world we live in is not perfect as hard as some of us want it to be, it is okay to make mistakes and to later realize that the decision made was wrong. Most of these women realize that what they did is wrong, and that is exactly why the church should be there for them when they are ready to ask for forgiveness and to guide them in the right path. Women who have abortions will usually regret it and that is not a bad thing. Regretting having an abortion is a good thing because the feeling will most likely make them to never do it again and to seek help when faced with decisions like that in the future. Just like Pope Francis mentioned, these women live in pain because of their decision and the priests should be allowed to take this pain away from them or at least alleviate it