[wvns] RELIGIOUS VIEWS ON ABORTION
RELIGIOUS VIEWS ON ABORTION
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://www.showmenews.com/2007/Mar/20070303Feat002.asp
● Roman Catholic: According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
human life begins at the moment of conception and is accorded all
human rights. Being party to an abortion results in excommunication.
Laws depriving unborn children of their rights are considered a denial
of equal human rights.
The Rev. Monsignor Mike Flanagan of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church in Columbia said abortion is not allowed when a mother's life
is in danger because Catholics believe you can't trade one life for
another. "You must treat them both," he said.
● Reform Judaism: The Talmud, a sacred text of Rabbinical law dating
from the first half of the C.E. first century, states an abortion is
only acceptable when the mother's life is in danger. It can be
performed "as late as the moment before the head of a baby emerges
from the birth canal," according to the Web site of the Union for
Reform Judaism. Reform goes beyond that dictate to include rape,
incest, diseases and severe disability revealed through genetic
testing, the belief by parents that caring for a child would be
impossible and other circumstances.
● Pentecostal: David Jackson, spokesman for The United Pentecostal
Church International, said the church opposes legalized abortion and
calls it "the corporate sin of abortion."
Pentecostals believe life begins at conception. Believers pray for the
nation to undergo a "spiritual awakening" from a culture of
"permissive sexuality" and are directed to provide counseling for
women dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and for those who have
previously had an abortion. The organization runs an adoption agency
and children's home in that vein.
● Buddhism: In a 1993 interview in the New York Times, the Dalai Lama
said, "Of course, abortion, from a Buddhist viewpoint, is an act of
killing and is negative, generally speaking. But it depends on the
circumstances. If the unborn child will be retarded or if the birth
will create serious problems for the parent, these are cases where
there can be an exception. I think abortion should be approved or
disapproved according to each circumstance."
● Islam: Imam Nabeel Khan from the Islamic Center of Central Missouri
said abortion is not allowed in the Muslim faith except in
circumstances when the mother's life is in danger, the child is known
to suffer from severe disease or disability, or the pregnancy was a
result of incest or rape. The abortion must be performed within 120
days - the day on which Muslims believe the soul enters the body - or
it is considered a grave sin. He added this view is that of more
mainstream Muslims and that religious scholars vary on their opinion
of when abortion is permissible.
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