Information on abortion needed

by Letters Editor · October 31, 2013

From JH Goossens, Dundee

Patricia Foster, a non-Catholic, receives The Southern Cross from a neighbour and seems sceptical about the teachings of the Catholic Church regarding abortion and contraception (October 9).

“…but Psalm 139:13 and Jeremiah 1:5 give some interesting information about the relationship between God and pre-born babies.” (CNS photo/Mike Stone, Reuters)

Maybe it is time the neighbour drops not only The Southern Cross at her place, but also drops in himself, armed possibly with some Catholic books to read.

Or even with some Protestant book, if that could convince her, because she writes that nowhere in the Bible is contraception or abortion even mentioned. Charles Provan, a Protestant minister, wrote interestingly about contraception in his book The Bible and Birth Control.

It is true that the Bible does not mention abortion, but Psalm 139:13 and Jeremiah 1:5 give some interesting information about the relationship between God and pre-born babies.

But the most convincing reason why the Catholic Church condemns abortion is found in the biology books in high school: pre-born babies, also the ones conceived through rape, are human beings.