Sin is an attempt to redesign ourselves. It is an attempt to remake ourselves into something other than images of God and it hurts us. If sin is a suicidal act and abortion is a sin, then it is a suicidal act. The more serious the sin, the greater the harm. Sin hurts the sinner.
Abortion hurts women very seriously.
When we oppose abortion and try to persuade mothers to continue to carry their children, we are trying to protect women from harm. It is not the pro-aborts who are for women, it is we. We love both the child and the mothers and want neither to come to any harm, physical or spiritual. Priest Profiles Fr. Thomas Keller For Fr.