The Catholic Church has always based it position that direct abortion is a grave sin on the claim that the human soul is created at conception.
The Catholic Church has always based it position that direct abortion is a grave sin on the claim that the human soul is created at conception.
It has always held that direct abortion is a grave sin, but not based on the claim that the union of sperm and ovum produces a human being. It is modern embryology and genetics that has made clear that human life begins at conception. See pp. 228-9.
The Catholic Church has always based it position that direct abortion is a grave sin on the claim that the human soul is created at conception.
It has always held that direct abortion is a grave sin, but not based on the claim that the union of sperm and ovum produces a human being. It is modern embryology and genetics that has made clear that human life begins at conception. See pp. 228-9.