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Contraception and abortion Faced with the issues you have chosen, explain the different ways Christian might respond The definition of abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. Abortion was legalised in this country in 1967 due to the mass of women having dangerous 'back street' abortions. Two different doctors must consider a number of factors such as; would the baby be born with a physical or mental disability? Would it endanger the woman's physical or mental health or if the mother had the baby would it cause suffering for a member of the family who is alive? For it to be legal. Christians believe that life begins at the point of fertilisation and therefore they would state that the foetus is definitely a human life. Christians do not think that abortion is tolerable. This belief derives from the teaching about the sanctity of life. The Catholic Church forbids the...

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