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"Using issues of abortion and euthanasia as examples, explain the differing ways Christians might respond"
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R.E. Coursework - A02 "Using issues of abortion and euthanasia as examples, explain the differing ways Christians might respond" Abortion is the death of the foetus (life) from the mother's womb whether deliberate (operation/termination) or accidental (miscarriage). Christians are divided in their views on abortion. The Roman Catholic Church does not allow abortion. They do not agree on the precise moment in human development when a human person begins to exist. However, Roman Catholics are very clear that human life (the human person) begins at the very moment of conception. Therefore, it is unjust to destroy the human embryo or foetus deliberately and directly. From the time of the great theologian St. Thomas Aquinas in 12th century, it has been the Church's position that the soul of the person enters at the moment of conception. Therefore a person becomes a person when they are conceived. Roman Catholics also believe in Natural Law, which...
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