Abortion

3. Is miscarriage considered abortion?

A miscarriage is when the body naturally aborts the fetus because there is an internal problem or an accident might have taken place. An abortion is when there is an intention to abort the fetus. They are not the same thing. There's a HUGE difference between accidental death and murder.

4. Is abortion a murder?

Yes, abortion is considered murder because there is intent to kill an innocent and defenceless child. Once it is already forming in the womb of a woman, it already has a life. And taking away life with an intention is considered as murder. Catholics believe that from the moment of conception until natural death, each human being is endowed by God with dignity and rights. Therefore abortion is viewed as the murder of an innocent and defenceless human being.

The Bible has always regarded abortion - killing the child in the womb as murder, a crime punishable by the death penalty. The grounds for this judgment are "Thou shall not kill" (Ex.20:13); Child Sacrifice, "he shall surely be put to death" (Leviticus 20:1-5); and Exodus 21:22-23, where an example of abortion is found.

5. Why do some countries consider abortion as legal?

Legal Abortion in all circumstances is permitted only to save a woman's life. Legalization of abortion can prevent the unnecessary suffering and death of women. Restrictive abortion laws violate women's human rights based on agreements made at the UN International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In short, abortion is legal for two reasons: Because women have the right to make decisions about their own reproductive systems, and because they have the power to exercise that right regardless of government policy.

Legal abortion is also a very critical factor in improving survival rates for women. About 600,000 maternal deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth occurs every year in the...