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i am thinking about doing it… i’ve heard catholic ppl are not supposed to, but why? i have looked on the internet nobody seems to know where it says not to in the bible. can you be forgiven if you do it?
 
Because the fetus has a soul so its considered ‘murder’.

That is the christian perspective and that is why.

You are taking somebody or, well, the fetus’s life away.
 
Please don’t 😦

A friend of mine went through this twice. I couldn’t ask the grief she went through on anybody. I secretly pray for her unborn children.

God will forgive any sin if sincerely regretted, but please don’t commit this one. I don’t know your situation, but ending your unborn child’s life is not answer.

I will pray for you and your child. I may not sleep tonight…

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“Mother Mary, pray for our children, born and unborn”
 
Because it is the taking of another life especially one that cannot defend itself.

The church has taught that abortion is wrong for it’s entire history as life/children is a gift from God no matter the circumstances.

The bible condemns contraception, it would be hypocritical for the bible to allow abortion don’t you think?

Remember also, the church teaches that the bible is not the final authority but it’s traditions and oral teachings are as well - as mentioned before, abortion has been condemned by the church since it started.
 
ty for the responses… i guess i dont know what i think about it yet.

i mean its not something anybody ever WANTS to do but sometimes there isnt really any other options
 
you are taking a life, a living breathing human being and part of God’s Creation. the regret and everything else that comes along with an abortion is not worth it. Let the baby live, it deserves a chance at life. i will be praying for you and your baby…

youtube.com/watch?v=kPF1FhCMPuQ
this video is wow.
 
i dont know if i could give a baby up for adoption :\ that would be so much worse cuz you would be attached by that point. and also, ending the preg early before its even a real baby means nobody even has to know about it

whats in the video aggie? is it a gory bloody kind of video? D: i cant stomach those
 
You can give the baby up for adoption. There are many families out there that want a child and can’t have one on there own. It’s an excellent option! A REAL option that doesn’t put your soul at risk.

Perhaps if you give some simple, unidentifying details you can get some direction as to where to go for assistance to care for yourself and the baby.
 
celestielle said:
i dont know if i could give a baby up for adoption :\ that would be so much worse cuz you would be attached by that point. and also, ending the preg early before its even a real baby means nobody even has to know about it

whats in the video aggie? is it a gory bloody kind of video? D: i cant stomach those
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no its not gory its about a girl who survived a saline abortion, its her story , just watch its good
 
celestielle said:
i dont know if i could give a baby up for adoption :\ that would be so much worse cuz you would be attached by that point. and also, ending the preg early before its even a real baby means nobody even has to know about it

whats in the video aggie? is it a gory bloody kind of video? D: i cant stomach those
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You’re not saying you’d kill someone whom you love too much to give up, if you could get away with it? If the person were 18 years old instead of 8 weeks old, I think you’d agree that is pretty twisted thinking, wouldn’t you?

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.” Jer. 1:5

“You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew; my bones were not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth.” Psalm 139:13-15

God knows the person whom you are considering snuffing out. You know, too: it is your own child! Don’t do it.

Can you look forward to imagine the day you do give birth to a live child, what the memory of this one will be to you as you hold the younger sibling? Spare this child; spare your own heart from this terrible thing. Get some help; there are people who want to help you. Call Catholic Charities in your area. You do not have to go through this alone. You will be far happier knowing that your child is alive and well that to know he is gone, and at your hand.
 
faithfully is right, you and God will always know…let the sweet baby live, and he/she inside of you has been a baby since the moment of conception. look up the stages of growth, at two weeks the baby has a heart beat.
 
faithfully said:
You can give the baby up for adoption. There are many families out there that want a child and can’t have one on there own. It’s an excellent option! A REAL option that doesn’t put your soul at risk.

Perhaps if you give some simple, unidentifying details you can get some direction as to where to go for assistance to care for yourself and the baby.
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what kind of details do you mean?
 
EasterJoy said:
You’re not saying you’d kill someone whom you love too much to give up, if you could get away with it? If the person were 18 years old instead of 8 weeks old, I think you’d agree that is pretty twisted thinking, wouldn’t you?

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.” Jer. 1:5

“You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew; my bones were not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth.” Psalm 139:13-15

God knows the person whom you are considering snuffing out. You know, too: it is your own child! Don’t do it.

Can you look forward to imagine the day you do give birth to a live child, what the memory of this one will be to you as you hold the younger sibling? Spare this child; spare your own heart from this terrible thing. Get some help; there are people who want to help you. Call Catholic Charities in your area. You do not have to go through this alone. You will be far happier knowing that your child is alive and well that to know he is gone, and at your hand.
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well i dont know if i really think i would be killing anybody tho… its not really a baby right now at all. but it would be in a couple months and thats when you would start to care about it
 
The Catholic teaching on this matter is very simple.

Abortion is considered murder.

Here’s why. Can you tell me, with absolute certainty, the exact moment that a soul enters the human body? (This is a rhetorical question, because the answer is no.) Since we cannot determine this precisely, then out of an abundance of caution, we MUST take the safest course of action, which is to defend the life of the baby from the very moment of conception. To put it another way, let’s look at this in reverse. Would it be wrong to kill an infant moments after birth? Of course! What about just an hour prior to a full term birth? Again, virtually all would agree. What about at seven months, when a baby can feel pain and is viable outside the womb? Most would STILL agree. This decision gets harder to discern the earlier in the pregnancy we go, so the church needs to err on the side of caution. What if someone has an abortion, and it turned out that the baby DID have a soul? Herein lies also one of the reasons that premarital sex is a mortal sin as well. It’s evil because it risks putting the mother into the incredibly irresponsible position of either trying to care for a child when they’re not prepared, or considering abortion which is murder and an even greater evil. The moment the child is conceived, it is considered a living human being, and one does not have more right to kill it that to kill any other human being, from the Catholic perspective. There is no situation, including rape, murder, or even the potential death of the mother itself, that can justify an abortion from the Catholic perspective. Legitimate Catholic options include raising the baby yourself, or giving it up for adoption.

A person who commits an abortion also incurs an automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church. While the Catholic Church never definitively judges whether a person is in hell or not, because we cannot know the state of their soul at death, the presumption is that abortion is a sin so grave that one’s salvation would most likely be in dire jeopardy, unless that person were to truly repent, confess to a priest or bishop, and work to have the excommunication removed.
 
celestielle said:
well i dont know if i really think i would be killing anybody tho… its not really a baby right now at all. but it would be in a couple months and thats when you would start to care about it
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Well if its been about a week or whatever since you got pregnant, then no, its not a baby at all its nothing but cells. So no, it would not look like a baby at all and you could not identify any body parts.

However at this point, it does technically have a soul. I believe the christian teaching is that it gets a soul at conception, and that is why it would be important.
 
celestielle said:
what kind of details do you mean?
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Are you over or under the age 18. Specifics not necessary.

How many weeks pregnant are you?

Has your PG been confirmed by a doctor?

Is this PG a result of consentual sex?

Why do you feel you have no other choice?

Who is going to be mad at you for getting PG?
 
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