Thou Shall Not Kill

I will never ever support nor promote abortion or any activities related to it… it’s a crime for me. It’s even worse than the killing crimes that we often get from the news, since an innocent life is being attacked here.

The 5th of the 10 commandments simply states: “Thou Shall not Kill”. This commandment actually forbids direct attacks on human life and physical integrity, and thus protects God’s gift of life and promotes practical care and respect for the life and dignity of all persons.

Abortion is one of the grave offenses against the 5th commandment. Because human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. So once the sperm and the egg meet, another “life” has been formed. It’s not just “blood” as the others justifying abortion says, it’s… rather… he or she, is already a human being. So for all the cases mentioned above, abortion is still a no-no for me. Because there are lots of options (as mentioned by the other wifeys here) like adoption. As i’ve said before, there’s always a way. And again, God didn’t put them in that situation, if they will not be able to handle it… yes, even Kimberly. Again, all we need is TRUST, trust in the Lord. And much much grace that we can ask from Him.

As for ectopic pregnancy, abortion is still not an option and still considered as immoral. However, there’s this principle of “double effect” or the “indirect voluntary” that we can follow. I’ll just quote a portion of what was written in this link (which gives a brief but well explained answer to the question “Does the Church approve of surgery for an ectopic pregnancy?”), word per word describing what this is (this is not plagiarizing ha ):

“Surgery to remove a mass of tissue like tumor (including the placenta) which has fixed itself in the wrong place (the fallopian tube instead of the uterus)is moral, provided that the bad effect, in this case the death of the unborn child is not directly willed in itself, and that there is a proportionate reason (such as saving the life of the mother), and that the good effect, namely saving the mother’s life does not directly come from the bad effect, the death of the child”

If this is clear, then we’re done. More of double effect and salpingectomy in this link (from Catholic.net, in case you want to read more about it).

i hope and pray that there wouldn’t be any parent whose thoughts will always be filled with “babae kaya sana sya o junior?”, “magiging presidente kaya sya ng Pilipinas kung nabuhay sya”, “artistahin sana ang anak ko”, “baka mala-Beethoven sna yung anak ko”, “masaya kaya kmi kung ksama namin sya ngayon”, etc etc, after considering and going through abortion. Let’s all pray for the souls of these children and most specially for those considering abortion and those participating or recommending it (lalo na yung mga civic leaders promoting it and even pursuing house bills for it to be legalized, nyay!)