1. Religious Arguments Against Abortion
The Catholic Church has taken a stand against abortion beginning in the first century and the Church continues to fight for the rights of the innocent unborn child.1 The Catholic perspective on abortion begins with the fifth commandment, "You shall not kill". ... The unborn child is thus a person and as a person it must be given its natural right to life: "From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person- among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.... Secondly, the reproductive choice empower...
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