Catholic beliefs

• SPUC - Pro-life Catholic Charity

  • Oldest campaigning and educational organisation.
  • Founded 1967, oppose abortion bill being debated Parliament.
  • Build abortion free society.
  • Campaign against other life threats (euthanasia) - recognise need consistent life ethic - value all lives equally.
• Catholics have strong sanctity of life perspective - abortion goes against natural moral law (first precept = preserve life).
• “Human life must be protected from the moment of conception.”
• Seen as an intrinsically evil act - grave sin.
• Each person created imago dei and ensoulment begins at conception.
• Regarded as murder and goes against Ten Commandments.
• Church of England allow in some situations.
• Principle of double effect - saves mother’s life (ectopic pregnancy) but ends embryo’s life = allowed and isn’t abortion