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.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

+6279 Pelosi’s Archbishop slams her rationale for supporting abortion

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi / Archbishop George Niederauer

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi told Newsweek's Eleanor Clift in a December 21, 2009 interview that she disagrees with the Church on certain issues but considers herself a "practicing San Francisco, Calif., Jan 13, 2010 / 05:46 pm (CNA).- Archbishop George Niederauer responded today to Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) recent comments that she has "some concerns about the Church's position respecting a woman's right to choose." Justifying her decision to support abortion by citing her free will "is entirely incompatible with Catholic teaching," the archbishop insisted.

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