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Pope Francis
views on abortion, with an ever increasing world population, is he out of touch, or does he feel he has to say it because of his position.
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Hopkirk and many don't, for many its a true shock to find yourself pregnant, it happens for many reasons, not least failure of protection, there is no known one size fits all on this matter, its something that the CC should consider and the Pope to seriously stop going on about. Abortion is never made lightly, i didn't.
how dare a man who has never had to suffer the anguish a really poor mother goes through in not being able to succour her child/children, care for them properly and most likely watch them die of disease or starvation dictate what she should do.
this goes for any faith. all of them devised by men and all of them failing.
this goes for any faith. all of them devised by men and all of them failing.
Mikey, the church has changed its mind about the 6 days of creation.
//The Catholic Church no longer teaches creationism -- the belief that God created the world in six days as described in the Bible -- and says that the account in the book of Genesis is an allegory for the way God created the world.//
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//The Catholic Church no longer teaches creationism -- the belief that God created the world in six days as described in the Bible -- and says that the account in the book of Genesis is an allegory for the way God created the world.//
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My views on abortion have evolved with the years - I used to be 100% behind "a woman's right to choose" which could be (and indeed was) interpreted as support for abortion as 'just another means of birth control'.
Now I'm rather less sanguine about this, but agree entirely that abortion must still be available - as others have said contraception is imperfect, people are disorganised, accidents happen and the possibility of returning to Back Street Abortionists is too horrible to contemplate.
I'd welcome a civilised debate about time limits and foetal viability, but that seems hard to get with both sides so entrenched.
The key thing though is that I have no power - my views are just that - my views alone. Whereas the Pope has temporal (as well as spiritual) power over hundreds of millions of people - that's what I really find difficult to accept.
Now I'm rather less sanguine about this, but agree entirely that abortion must still be available - as others have said contraception is imperfect, people are disorganised, accidents happen and the possibility of returning to Back Street Abortionists is too horrible to contemplate.
I'd welcome a civilised debate about time limits and foetal viability, but that seems hard to get with both sides so entrenched.
The key thing though is that I have no power - my views are just that - my views alone. Whereas the Pope has temporal (as well as spiritual) power over hundreds of millions of people - that's what I really find difficult to accept.
i was talking with a friend recently, she is getting on in years, and because of the nature of her relationship with her Catholic husband, she wasn't religious by the way, endured any number of abortions, the kind we refer to as back street, because had she gone ahead with the pregnancies would have resulted in so many children, most of whom couldn't have been supported, he wasn't much by way of a father anyway, but wouldn't countenance any form of abortion, had he known what she had done, would have denounced her and most likely left.
if all the abortions were to be stopped today, how many will that increase the population across the globe by, many many millions perhaps, China alone has gone for a one child policy, which has been a disaster in terms of imbalance of genders, however if many of these Chinese babies were not aborted, how many people does that add to the overall world populations, billions, how does the world, country, family support so many, if the durex fails, what then, have the child, one who may die, because you are living on 50p a day and can't afford to have one more.
He describes it as a symptom of a culture that does not value human life. Wrong...it is *because* we value it that abortion has become necessary. There is no value creating babies who may die or be mistreated because they are not wanted,or babies who will suffer starvation,malnutrition, unnecessary illness. There was a time our planet needed more human population, and could feed it. That time is long gone
i object to abortion only on gender selection, eye colour, or some fancy of the parents,
but if the child in the womb is not going to have any quality of life, no sight, no hearing, and severely beyond words disabled, would you consign it to be born - isn't that just as cruel. Some women may use it as a method of contraception, they shouldn't, but i know that it has repercussions to your life, it's not a decision taken lightly, and anyone who thinks it is is wrong.
but if the child in the womb is not going to have any quality of life, no sight, no hearing, and severely beyond words disabled, would you consign it to be born - isn't that just as cruel. Some women may use it as a method of contraception, they shouldn't, but i know that it has repercussions to your life, it's not a decision taken lightly, and anyone who thinks it is is wrong.
