Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year.
The popular pro-choice slogan is my body my choice.
My body for you, is a pro-life message.
Abortion advocates perpetuate the myth that pregnant rape victims generally desire abortion, and this makes it difficult for women to choose the life-giving alternative for their child.
Of those who continued their pregnancy, two-thirds developed more positive feelings toward their unborn child as the pregnancy progressed.
Catholics overwhelming support for abortion is because their faith taught them the values of social justice, of the power of individual conscience and of religious freedom.
Biblical texts may reflect the ideologies of the ancient communities in which they are written, but they also have the potential to validate and sanction the same ideologies within communities in which they are read, even today.
And when these ideologies are rape-supportive, or endorse the structural violence of gender inequality and patriarchal hegemony, then their power to impact contemporary readers’ lives and worldviews cannot be underestimated.
Ref:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion
https://www.usccb.org/committees/pro-life-activities/life-matters-pregnancy-rape
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/us-women-self-managed-abortion-pill
Blyth, C., Colgan, E., & Edwards, K. B. (Eds.). (2018). Rape culture, gender violence, and religion: Biblical perspectives. Springer.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/pro-choice-catholics-us
Ep.8: Abortion and Religion: Beyond Pro-choice and Pro-life