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, July 6, 2009

"Forcing taxpayers to fund abortions is wrong anytime; to do it in the midst of a budget crisis is inconceivable"

Fr. Pavone: Save Lives and Money -- Restore the Dornan Amendment

STATEN ISLAND, NY, July 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today urged the House Appropriations Committee to approve an amendment to the Financial Services Appropriations Bill that would continue the restriction on taxpayer funding of abortions in the District of Columbia.

"Forcing taxpayers to fund abortions is wrong anytime; to do it in the midst of a budget crisis is inconceivable," said Fr. Pavone. "Passing Congressmen Tiahrt and Davis's rider to restore the Dornan Amendment will bring much needed sanity to the appropriations process and save over 1,000 lives a year."

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.