DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, July 20, 2007

FROM CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC DAILY:

As many as 10,000 abortions

Pioneer late-term San Diego abortionist Donald Byrnes dead at 73

Pioneer late-term abortionist Donald G. Byrnes, 73, of San Diego died on January 30, 2007, according to Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties.

Byrnes was one of the first obstetricians to delve into the abortion business after the passing of the 1967 California Therapeutic Abortion Act, performing abortions up to 20 weeks gestation.

He operated an abortion office on Upas Street in the Hillcrest area of San Diego, which was the site of a major Operation Rescue clinic blockade in 1990. During that event hundreds of Christians crawled on their knees to gain access to the clinic doors in order to place their bodies between the women seeking abortions and the abortionist. There were dozens of arrests, and the clinic was closed for the day.

Read the rest of the story here: California Catholic Daily

LIFE IS SACRED

An example of the traditional magisterial teaching which indicates that it is never morally licit to intentionally kill a child through abortion in order to “save the life of its mother” comes from the teaching of Pope Pius XII:

“Every human being, even the infant in the mother's womb, has the right to life immediately from God, not from the parent or any human society or authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic or moral ‘indication’ that can show or give valid juridical title for direct deliberate disposition concerning an innocent human life-which is to say, a disposition that aims at its destruction either as an end in itself or as the means of attaining another end that is perhaps in no way illicit itself. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a most noble end, but the direct killing of the child as a means to this end is not licit.”