Do you agree or disagree with the above statement? Give reasons for your answer.
The Catholic Church teaches in favour of the above statement as several passages in the bible stress the sanctity of human life and teaches us that human life should be respected. Genesis 1.26-27 gives the important points. Firstly men and women are made in the "image of god"- a spiritual likeness that no others forms of life are able to appreciate. Secondly we are said to have an authority over other creatures by having the superior intelligence to alter events in nature while they can only respond to them.
The Catholic Church also teaches several other key beliefs on human life. …
