[Ghost On The Highway]

Originally Posted by Dement

Here is a bit of food for thought then, it's a point that I remember coming up a while ago...

Basically, some people think abortion is wrong because the cells (or whatever they are, I'm not great at the biology side of it) would otherwise grow into a person.. there is one problem with this though: If you go with this idea then that would mean you should never use contraception because in effect you are stopping and killing the sperm that could become a life. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well but I hope it gets the point across

I've heard that argument several times before, and I'm pretty sure it's the basis behind the Catholic church's stance against contraception. In my opinion there is a difference, namely that contraception prevents pregnancy from ever starting while abortion disrupts a process that, left unaltered, would result in the creation of a human life. The union of sperm and egg is a life-producing process, each component on its own cannot create life. Taking this to the extreme, it would be a "sin" to have sex in the week after a woman's period, because there is no chance that conception may occur.