text: Abortion is the only life issue where Catholicism will not bend on the right to save your own life.  Why is that?  The same mother would be justified in shooting an intruder no matter the reason the intruder was there, if she truly believed her life was in danger.  That is called justifiable self defense, and holds, even if the intruder turns out to be her drunken high school son.  Why doesn't she have that same right to save her life from a different kind of family intruder, especially if she never wanted to be pregnant in the first place.