Catholic Social teaching:Abortion
GSGC Blk 7 Jane Yu


Images of Jesus 
Being an Upstander
Case Study: Abortion

ME:Morality
What is Morality?
a set of values and principles that guides one's 
choice and determine what kind of person he or she is becoming. It shapes  our behavior and acts as an influence

Morality also has the different stages of childhood which is influenced by many external sources such as parents, mature adulthood which is mainly by internal sources from within, and of adolescence which contains a mixture of both values from authoritive figures and their own values

An example would be Gospel Values which are equivalent to
Jesus' Values


GSGC  notes Jan. 9,2009
What are the Church's Teaching on LIFE:
we are made in the image and likeness of God
Only God has absolute dominion over us
We must uphold and defend the dignity of every human life from conception to death

In this sign, we see 
that an animal's 
babies are protected 
by the law and their 
consequences go to a
 great height, however
we see in our society 
that human's babies are
killed at a rate of 3,304 
babies per day. 

Statistics:
A baby is aborted every 26 seconds
137 babies are aborted every hour
3,304 babies are aborted every day
23,196 babies are aborted every week
100,516 babies are aborted every month
Over 1.2 million babies are aborted every since
Over 52 million aborted in the US since 1973
The US only makes up 3% of the abortions 
worldwide… 46 million babies are 
killed each year around the world

IN COMPARISON: From the Revolutionary War in 1775, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Iraq War, there have been 648,542. In comparison, the war of the unborn have been 52 million since 1973



Justification for Abortion
It is not life
eliminate suffering
financial burden
rape/incest
my choice/my body




Can we afford to choose life?
Candy- $6 billion/year
Ice cream -$10 billion/year
Soft Drinks - $30 billion/year
Beer- $50 billion/year
Legal Gambling $300 billion/year
Dog Snacks- $39.3 million/year
Pet Grooming- $175.3 million/year
Cosmetics- $27 billion/year


Rape/Incest
Although it is a very unfortunate event where the mother must carry the burden with her
However does murdering a baby shed the impressions made from rape? The answer that would be replied with would be that two wrongs do not make a right. It is not the child’s fault that their father did something horrible therefore it the innocent being should not be punished. 

The only time that a mother is allowed to abort her child is when it is indirectly and when her life is at risk, meaning death. Aborting the child indirectly is when the uterus, with the fetus is removed, therefore there is no direct harm toward the fetus. 
What if the child has a defect?
The Catholic Church still puts a stand of being against abortion when the child will be born with a defect because all humans are made in the image of God. Taking out a human life because of an imperfection is still not moral. Also the child should always be loved regardless of their physical condition because there are adults with defects that continue to walk the land of the earth as of today. Would murdering them be okay just because they have defects?

2 PHOTOs: Aborted fetus's at its
1st trimester in comparison
to a quarter. 
*Warning EXTREMELY graphic*
11 week boy
7 weeks
History Of Abortion
It has happened before:
Abortion were legal and performed in the 1800s
By 1965 Abortion was banned in all 50 states
1973 the Supreme Court made abortion a fundamental right 
under the US Constitution
Roe vs. Wade was decided based on the Ninth Amendment
 (right to privacy)
Partial-Birthy Abortion Ban Act- signed 2003
MORE: Roe vs. Wade. In summary, Jane Roe which is the alias for Norma McCorvey, claimed to be pregnant as a result of rape and wanted to be able to have an abortion. Although she was not really raped, 2 female lawyers took her case all the way up to the Supreme Court and won with the argument of a right to privacy. Roe never did have an abortion because by the time it was decriminated she had her child and is now a proud Pro-Lifer. 
Risk and Consequences
-Excessive bleeding
-Scarring of uterus
-Damage to other organs
-Premature births
-Future miscarriages
-Infertility
-Breast cancer
-Depression/guilt/anxiety
-Suicide 
-death


This includes the Catholic Church's teaching
on abortion. The Catholic Church's teachings can
be found in the Catechism.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church ( CCC) 
has values and principles for Catholics.
It provides the stance that active Catholics should
execute.
Also the Christian Morality includes the three topics
of conscience, free will, and responsibility. Conscience
is the awareness of right and wrong and having the sense of duty to do good. However with free will we have the ability to choose right or wrong. Part of the Catholic Social Teaching, Catholics have the responsibility for our moral action. 
GSGC Notes Jan. 12, 2009
The Holy Bible & Catechism of Catholic Church
From the Four Evangelist: Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John

All four Gospel writers have a different audience, location, and time
frame which results into different portrayels of Jesus. 
Mark: The suffering Jesus because of the persecuted gentile and Roman Christians
Matthew: The teaching and law bringing Jesus because of the converted Jews
Luke: the merciful, loving, compassinate Jesus because of the lower class Greeks
John: the human and emotional Jesus because he is speaking to all christians
GSGC Notes Sept. 29, 2008
Music Video: 
Hillsong- When I Think About the Lord 
When I Think about the Lord,
How He saved me, how He raised me,
how He filled me, with the Holy Ghost.
How He healed me, to the uttermost.

When I Think about the Lord,
how He picked me up and turned me around,
how He placed my feet on solid ground

Chrous*

It makes me wanna shout,
Halleilujiah,
Thank you JESUS
,
LORD, your worthy, of all the glory, and all the honor,
and all the praise... (Repeat*)
From the Catholic Social Teaching
we know that we are all made in the Image of God
and that we are loved individually and equally by Him.
Catholic Christian's believe that He came down from Heaven
to die for us, individually. This is why His passion is so important
to Catholics because it was His main reason for being. To suffer. Also 
He as man and God is also at an understanding of our suffering, therefore
we are never alone because He understands and knows each and everyone of us from within and without.
Quotes from the BIble
"And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide. But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life." (Exodus 21:22-23)
- a law given since the Old Testament stating that if any man were to hurt man to result into an abortion or miscarriage then they are to be punished. This shows that God has values life before birth.

"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood" (Genesis 9:4)
You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13)
- When combined, Genesis 9:4 gives the definition that any bloodshed is human life and in Exodus 20:13 we see that we are not murder any life.

Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you (Isaiah 46:3-4)
- the line," I have upheld you since you were conceived", shows that at conception God has recognized the fetus as life and is loved equally by Him.
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