Identify the goods in conflict for each case. Life of mother is in danger mothers life versus fetal life Economically unable to support child well-being of family versus fetal life 6. Name two principles that may be appealed to in support of the decision to have an abortion. Name three distinct points in the process of the development of the human person in utero and indicate why a person would and would not consider each point decisive for what constitutes human life. Describe the theological convictions that inform Roman Catholic understanding of the morality of abortion.
Asceticism offers a critical perspective on sexuality.
The vows of celibacy are not denial but a vow of hospitality, asceticism is the giving up of oneself in embrace of the Holy other. Specific to marriage it counters the view that marriage is only a means of world maintenance. In ascetic communities women control their own bodies an are not subjected to the idea that reproductive capability is their identity 10. Religious and theological significance are invoked in the vows. Calls attention to the fact that the human life of marriage has in the wider and deeper ordering of things. and provides for accountability to community at large.