Early Life

Question 1

Jeremiah 1:5

Answer 1

Before you were born I set you apart

Question 2

Psalm 13:9

Answer 2

You knit me together in my mothers womb

Question 3

Luke 1:41

Answer 3

The baby leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

Question 4

Corinthians

Answer 4

Gods temple is sacred an you are that temple

Question 5

Second Vatican council

Answer 5

Abortion is an abominable crime

Question 6

Karma

Answer 6

Abortion accumulates negative karma

Question 7

Ahimsa

Answer 7

No violence towards the baby

Question 8

Garba Upanishad

Answer 8

We remember our time in the womb

Question 9

Matthew 22:39

Answer 9

Love thy neighbour as yourself

Question 10

Exodus 20:13

Answer 10

You shall not murder

Question 11

Didache

Answer 11

You shall not kill an unborn child

Question 12

Catechism

Answer 12

Conception marks the start of the foetus’ right to life

Question 13

Mahabharata

Answer 13

Brahman is contained within everything

Question 14

Laws of manu (and grihastha ashrama)

Answer 14

Encourages having children

Question 15

Sanctity of life

Answer 15

The inherent holiness of each and every living being due to the fact that we were created by God and he dwells within us

Question 16

The miracle of life

Answer 16

The fact that God has given a precious human life as a gift to the parents, and they should respect this

Question 17

Conditions for abortion

Answer 17

1) life or physical health of the mother is at risk
2) her mental health is at risk
3) the mothers existing family will suffer
4) the child will be disabled

Question 18

Alternatives to abortion

Answer 18

Adoption- a new coupled becomes the child’s legal parents

Fostering- temporary parents care for the child for different amounts of time

Keeping the baby

Question 19

Luke 18

Answer 19

Children belong in the kingdom of God