ABORTION and HUMAN LIFE

THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE

HOW AND WHEN DOES LIFE BEGINS?

CONCEPTIONMale cell (Spermatozoon) fertilizes the female cell (Ovum).

It becomes Zygote.

Embryo

Organic system of human are develop.

Fetus

“As a gift from God, every human life is sacred from conception to natural death. The life and dignity of every person must be respected and protected at every stage and in every condition. The right to life

is the first and most fundamental principle of human rights that leads Catholics to actively work for a

world of greater respect for human life and greater commitment to justice and peace.”

-U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

WHAT IS ABORTION?

ABORTION

Abortion refers to be “spontaneous or induced expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb of a pregnant

woman”.

2 TYPES OF ABORTION

SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONIts causes are natural.Normally called a miscarriage.It occurs during the early part of the pregnancy.

INDUCED ABORTION Intentional expulsion of the embryo or fetus from the womb.

PROCEDURES IN INDUCED ABORTION

Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA)– manual utilization of a syringe

or an electric pump in suctioning the embryo out of the womb.– employed up until 12 weeks of

pregnancy.

PROCEDURES IN INDUCED ABORTION

Dilation and Curettage(DC)– Dilation of cervix and utilization

of a suction curettage in removing theembryo.

PROCEDURES IN INDUCED ABORTION

Intrauterine Cranial Decompression

– Partial birth abortion– Decompression of skull of the

fetus before evacuated in the womb.

PROCEDURES IN INDUCED ABORTION

Hysterotomy– Similar to Caesarian section.– Abdominal incision to evacuate the fetus.

POSITION OF THE CHURCH

The church regards that abortion is a mortal sin and morally wrong .

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Human life begins from the very moment of conception.

Life is begun , that life is sacred.

-Life is simply a victim of a kind of violence .

“Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.”

-Life inside the womb has a moral value.

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The position of the church regarding the issue of abortion , a moral stand that has

influenced the 1987 Philippine constitution because of the country’s

deep Catholic tradition , tell us that the unborn possesses the same dignity as

any mature adult.

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To say that the unborn has the same moral status with that of an adult means

that killing the unborn is not different from killing a mature person.

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For Pope John Paul II and the catholic church , Abortion is a direct killing or

murder.