DRE, Ibadan Archdiocese

Abortion is an operation carried out to remove a growing foetus from its mother’s womb for destruction. There are many points to be marshalled against abortion. First, the unborn child is a separate human being, and not just a part of the mother’s body to be excised. By letting women have abortion, society is taking the easy way out of its problems, instead of creating a society where no child is unwanted. Indeed, everyone is precious because God created man in his own image, whether male or female (Genesis 1:26-27). It is the Christian’s responsibility to carry this precious gift and protect it.

 

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is defined as the act or practice of mercifully killing, or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals, although, in a relatively painless way. It is carried out by either giving the person a lethal injection, or the suspension of medical treatment, etc. The Encarta Encyclopaedia defines it as the practice of mercifully ending a person’s life in order to release the person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. Euthanasia is a Greek word, which means ‘Good Death’. The practice has begun to spread, even in Nigeria, and the moral imperative is upon us to protect life from conception to natural death. Consequently, both abortion and euthanasia are the un-natural killing of persons, old, young and unborn, because they are purposely inflicted upon the victim. Both involve a choice made by either the person themselves or a relative in the case of euthanasia; or by the parent in the case of abortion.

 

Violence

The World Health Organization has revealed that each year more than a million people lose their lives and many more suffer non-fatal injuries as a result of self-inflicted, inter-personal or collective violence. On the whole, violence has been observed among the leading causes of death worldwide, especially from ages 15-45 years.

Various forms of violence recognized are human right issues, torture, trafficking, violence against women, violence against children, risk factors that comes up with multiple types of violence will include poverty, unemployment, gender inequality, racial discrimination etc. violence apart from death consequences, causes depression, anxiety and other mental disorder.