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, May 26, 2008

Pro-Life Congressmen Thwart U.S. Support for UN Abortion Initiative

by Piero A. Tozzi and Susan Yoshihara

LifeNews.com Note: Piero A. Tozzi and Susan Yoshihara write for the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, which monitors pro-family issues as well as pro-life ones that LifeNews.com covers. This article originally appeared in the pro-life group's Friday Fax publication.

New York, NY -- Pro-life congressmen, led by Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Bart Stupak (D-MI), rescued a congressional resolution supporting reduction of women’s mortality at home and abroad from surreptitiously advancing the pro-abortion agenda advanced at the United Nations.

House Resolution 1022, as now drafted, promotes both “maternal health and child survival” without a stealth promotion of abortion.

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