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Explain what Christians believe about the ‘sanctity of human life’ and especially their responsibility for those at the beginning and those at the end of life. Use Bible passages and the Christian Church teaching to support your answer.  

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Religious Education Ao1 By Bradley T Hales 11-11 Explain what Christians believe about the 'sanctity of human life' and especially their responsibility for those at the beginning and those at the end of life. Use Bible passages and the Christian Church teaching to support your answer. The definition of abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, the natural expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently. In 1967 abortion was made legal in the United Kingdom. Since the abortion act was passed the number of abortions per year has increased from over twenty three thousand in 1968 to one hundred and eighty six thousand in 2001 (23,641-186,274). This year in the in the UK only there were over 200,000 abortions. That's about 547 abortions a day just in the UK. Since the abortion act passed the number of 16-24 year olds having an abortion has...

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