(August 11, 2015 at 12:16 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(August 10, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How a person was conceived has no bearing whatsoever on their worth. Children conceived through rape, conceived out of wedlock, or conceived through IVF, are no different in any way from children conceived through a loving marriage.
We believe abortion is never ok because it is the killing of a human life, and all human life is equal in value and dignity.
Yet plenty of Christians, and yes many Catholics, argue against abortion "except in the case of incest or rape". That is clearly a hierarchy of values. Do you agree with that exception? Do you think abortions should be outlawed to every woman under every circumstance? If so, how do you weigh the life of the fetus against that of the mother?
If not, what are your cutoffs, in terms of personal values? Why is it okay to abort one fetus but not another? Aren't they all sacred?
Absolutely, they are all sacred.
Any Catholic that argues against abortion "except in cases of rape" is blatantly going against very fundamental Church teaching, which states that abortion is always wrong. I agree with the Church that abortion is always wrong and never understood the rape argument myself. The life of an unborn human being is wroth just the same as the life of his or her mother, which is worth the same as the life of every other person.
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