Abortion Catholic

• Strong sanctity of life perspective -

  • abortion = against natural moral law
• Life begins at the moment of conception
• Abortion seen as a grave sin
• Ensoulment behind at conception
• Abortion regarded as murder + agaisnt Ten Commandments
• Double effect

  • first effect is to save the mother
  • second effect that the life of embryo has ended
  • known as principle of double effect not abortion
• SPUC - pro life Catholic Charity :

  oldest pro life campaigning and educational organisation in the world
• SPUC - pro life Catholic Charity :

  founded 1967 to oppose abortion pill
• SPUC - pro life Catholic Charity :

  work to protect human lives at national and local level and to build a abortion free society
• SPUC - pro life Catholic Charity :

  also fight against euthanasia