The pope met with a group of doctors, nurses and hospital chaplains who attended a conference at the Vatican. The three day meeting focused on how medical professionals can incorporate the teachings of John Paul II, specifically his teachings on life. More
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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.