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Faith Q&A › Catechism › The Role of Women in Society and Church

What is the stance of the School of Alexandria on Abortion?

The answer

In the Apology of Athenagoras in the second century, he makes it clear to the Empire that the Church forbids abortion.1152 In St. Clement of Alexandria’s view, it is necessary not to use any means to kill the fetus for the purposes of stopping the reproduction of the human race. However, we still see some women using poisonous drugs that kill the infants in their wombs, depriving themselves of all humaneness.1153

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

1152 Athenagoras, A Plea for the Christians 35 (ANF 2:147).

1153 St. Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor or Christ the Educator (Paedagogus) 2.10.97 (FOTC 23:174).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.