Pro-life argue that the foetus is considered human from the time of conception, it is entitled to human rights, …show more content…
It is also argued that women will seek an abortion whether or not it is illegal but under unsafe conditions, relying on another person without the medical training or the means and even self-abort. About 56 million abortions take place each year, with below half done unsafely. This can lead to serious issues like, incomplete abortion, haemorrhage and damage to internal organs. Women can endure further psychological harm if are forced to continue through with the pregnancy in cases of rape or incest. A woman’s power to have control of her body is crucial to civil rights and taking away her reproductive decision would go against that …show more content…
Catholics believe in the sanctity of life and dignity of a human, any deliberate, voluntary or conscious committing of evil it is never justifiable. Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Evangelium Vitae has supported the Bible’s forbidding of abortion, which is regarded as murder. Since the Law of Moses, there have been severe consequences for instigating an abortion, which relate to the Lex Talionis (Laws of retribution) “life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Ex. 21:22–24). From the moment of conception, the fertilised ova is recognized as human and entitled to have human rights. Which state that it has a right to life and the murder of a innocent child is immoral at any stage of a pregnancy. "Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being." Catechism Catholic dogma states that a human is created in God’s likeness and image (Genesis 1:27). The human body is sacred as our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, God gave it to us and only he can take it away. Canon law state that any who obtain an abortion then they will be