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.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Head of Abortion Supporting Amnesty International to Speak at Jesuit University

Head of Abortion-Supporting Group to Speak at USF

Even Daniel Berrigan Demurs

On October 27, the Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Research of the (Jesuit) University of San Francisco will host a book signing and panel discussion by Irene Khan. Since 2001, Ms. Khan has been the secretary general of Amnesty International, a "human rights" organization founded in 1961. Under Mrs. Khan's leadership, the organization has angered Catholics and others by changing its neutral position on abortion to one of support for what it calls abortion "rights."

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