NML

• When did Aquinas hold that a human's rational soul is present?

  60-80 days after conception

  After that then guilty of homicide
• Assume that Aquinas thinks this - never stated or claimed
• What primary precept does abortion violate?

  protecting and preserving the innocent
• Why does the Catholic church forbid abortion?

  through the principle of double effect

  e/g it violates the means-end condition: uses a bad means to achieve a good end
• What Christian principle supports this view?

  The Sanctity of Life principle

  Based on Genesis - 'imago dei'
• the primary precept 'protect and preserve the innocent' leads to

  the secondary precept 'do not abort'

  ABSOLUTE
• Killing an innocent person is never an option so don't even have to consider it