Why is the Church Against Abortion? by Fr. Anthony Mourad

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Why is the Church Against Abortion? In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God. Amen Brief overview of Society’s view on abortion and the “pro choice” movement. Explain briefly the world has moved towards valuing the rights to privacy of the parent as opposed to the right to life of the fetus. Will share some very shocking statistics here. (i.e.: 40-50 million abortions worldwide every year – 125K abortions per day!) Explain that although the bible never directly addresses Abortion per se, it does have a lot to say about the taking of another innocent life! Examples are Exodus 20:13, Leviticus 24:17, John 8:1-12, and Matthew 26:52. The Fathers of the Church also speak very directly to this point. (Quote the Didache and St Basil – see below) Personhood is existence as of the moment of conception. We celebrate the feasts of the annunciation which is the conception of the Lord. Also the conception of the Virgin Mary is also celebrated. We testify of the greeting of St John the Baptist to Jesus in the womb (Luke 1). All of these point to the fact the Orthodox Christian values life at the moment of conception. God breathes life into a person at the moment He wills him into existence. Therefore all life is God’s and we belong to Him. (Quote Jeremiah 1:15 – see below) The church therefore does not depend on testing of psychological development or any sort of medical analysis to tell us WHEN a person qualifies as “ALIVE”. SUBSCRIBE TO COA! https://www.youtube.com/copticorthodo... social series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK4nb8xCHgc&list=PLA20bNyz8F1BLoYiV5B3dcdR8RNDp_K7U FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Website | http://www.copticorthodoxanswers.org/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/CopticAnswers/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/CopticAnswers/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/CopticAnswers

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