Abortion

Bryan Cones's article sends a very different message than what one typically finds in Catholic publications. However, I completely agree with what he is saying. He is taking a very practical approach that better fits what the modern world needs. While I understand that the Church would not want to given up on such an important ideological belief as pro-life, I think it is worth noting that more lives may be lost from unsafe abortions than from safe abortions. In a safe abortion, the fertilized egg dies, destroying one life in the Church's opinion, but an unsafe abortion can lead to two deaths: the mother and the fertilized egg. I also think Cones brings up a good point that having access to birth control dramatically decreases the number of abortions. By providing some type of contraception to women in developing nations, the abortion rate would drop greatly. If the Catholic Church could consider these other factors, they might be able to develop a new position that better fits with modern society and modern views on abortion.