Liberal Christian beliefs about
sanctity of life, imago dei and
Liberal Christians (in this case the Church of England) agree that life is sacred and humans are created in God’s image. Abortion is not a good
thing, but sometimes it is ‘the lesser of two evils’. There are some situations where abortion might be the best course of action such as If the
pregnancy is the result of rape, continuing the pregnancy might be dangerous to the woman’s physical or mental health, then abortion should be
allowed. If the child is likely to be severely disabled and so effect its quality of life.