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, August 22, 2008
Proposed Regulation Would Protect Health Care Workers' Rights Says Fr. Pavone
STATEN ISLAND, Ny., Aug. 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today commented on a newly released proposed federal regulation that would withdraw federal funding from health care providers that discriminate against workers who refuse to participate in abortion and other procedures that violate their consciences.
"Health care workers should not be forced to choose between their livelihoods and their most deeply held moral beliefs," said Fr. Pavone. "It's amazing how so many 'pro-choice' people don't recognize the rights of health care workers to choose what they believe is right. Indeed, the abortion industry's greatest fear is not that abortion will be illegal, but that it will remain legal without enough doctors willing to do the procedure. Long live freedom of choice!"
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro- life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.