Abort|on 1he Law and

ke||g|ous V|ews
1hursday uecember 01 2011
Act|v|t|es
1 Can you Lhlnk of any scenarlos when a
woman would noL be granLed an aborLlon
before 24 weeks?
2 Should docLors have Lhe rlghL Lo refuse Lo
carry ouL an aborLlon?
rgumenLs for aborLlon
rgumenLs for aborLlon
1he SancLlLy of Llfe
W ChrlsLlans belleve ln Lhe sancLlLy of llfe or LhaL
llfe ls a glfL from Cod ls holy and belongs Lo
Cod 1hey belleve LhaL humans are made ln
Lhe lmage of Cod and are responslble for
Cod's creaLlon
W Cod was lnvolved ln Lhe creaLlon of each
lndlvldual person '?ou knlL me LogeLher ln my
moLhers womb' (salm 13913)
humans lndlvldual womb glfL
knlL SancLlLy creaLlon
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Dslng Lhe aLLlLudes Lo aborLlon sheeL
Lo help compleLe Lhls exam quesLlon
'uescrlbe ChrlsLlan Leachlng abouL aborLlon'
(8 marks)
JhaL lnfluences a 8uddhlsL when
Lhlnklng abouL aborLlon?
1he flrsL precepL
says 'Lo absLaln
from Laklng llfe'
8uddhlsm Leaches
compasslon (karuna)
8uddhlsLs belleve
ln ahlmsa non
vlolence
?ou geL your
consclence aL
concepLlon
Lherefore LhaL's
when llfe beglns
borLlon prevenLs
Lhe foeLus from
worklng of lLs
kammlc debL
1he uall Lama sald
Cf course aborLlon from a
8uddhlsL vlewpolnL ls an acL of
kllllng and ls negaLlve generally
speaklng 8uL lL depends on Lhe
clrcumsLances lf Lhe unborn chlld
wlll be reLarded or lf Lhe blrLh wlll
creaLe serlous problems for Lhe
parenL Lhese are cases where
Lhere can be an excepLlon l Lhlnk
aborLlon should be approved or
dlsapproved accordlng Lo each
lndlvldual clrcumsLance"
Cf course aborLlon from a
8uddhlsL vlewpolnL ls an acL of
kllllng and ls negaLlve generally
speaklng 8uL lL depends on Lhe
clrcumsLances lf Lhe unborn chlld
wlll be reLarded or lf Lhe blrLh wlll
creaLe serlous problems for Lhe
parenL Lhese are cases where
Lhere can be an excepLlon l Lhlnk
aborLlon should be approved or
dlsapproved accordlng Lo each
lndlvldual clrcumsLance"