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.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Mexico’s abortion debate is just beginning

A Mexican Supreme Court justice questions scientists about the human character of the most weak and dependent

Are paralytics who are unable to feed themselves, autistic people, those with amputated feet and arms human? These were among some of the 40 questions posed by Salvador Aguirre, a justice of Mexico's Supreme Court, to five renowned scientists and researchers. Justice Aguirre was assigned to develop the legal opinion, which will determine if the recent reform to the Penal Code of Mexico's Federal District, which legalized unrestricted abortion through the twelfth week of pregnancy, is constitutional or not.

Read the full story here: California Catholic Daily

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"In Cordibus Jesu et Mariae"