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, May 16, 2018

Watch the BBC feature on 40 Days for Life

Dear Friends,

The abortion industry has spent a lot of time (and money) attacking freedom of speech – and England is going along with it.

There is a huge push in the UK to pass "buffer zones" ... areas in which free speech is limited – but only for those with pro-life views.

The BBC just did a feature on 40 Days for Life and – unlike most of the "fake news" coverage we get in Britain – we had a chance to fairly present the truth about 40 Days for Life.

Click the image above to watch the BBC report ... or go to:

https://40daysforlife.com/2018/05/15/great-britain/

The report showed how the British abortion industry is determined to do whatever is necessary to shut down peaceful pro-life public witness.

In a number of locations, abortion facilities are asking for buffer zones outside their doors. Their spokesmen are telling tales of intimidation – assertions that 40 Days for Life leaders categorically deny.

John Edwards, the courageous leader of the Nottingham 40 Days for Life campaign, was prominently featured in the story.

At one point, an injunction was slapped on John, forbidding him from praying outside the Nottingham hospital where abortions take place. That injunction was eventually overturned by a judge who found no legal basis for that order.

We cover how the media portrays pro-life people – and give both good and bad examples – in this new episode of the 40 Days for Life podcast.

This should encourage you to use your freedom of speech by considering leading a 40 Days for Life campaign where you live.

Applications to lead a campaign from September 26 to November 4 will open on June 1.

For life,

Shawn Carney

President/CEO, 40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life 4112 E 29th St. Bryan, Texas 77802 United States (888) LIFE-316

LIFE IS SACRED

An example of the traditional magisterial teaching which indicates that it is never morally licit to intentionally kill a child through abortion in order to “save the life of its mother” comes from the teaching of Pope Pius XII:

“Every human being, even the infant in the mother's womb, has the right to life immediately from God, not from the parent or any human society or authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic or moral ‘indication’ that can show or give valid juridical title for direct deliberate disposition concerning an innocent human life-which is to say, a disposition that aims at its destruction either as an end in itself or as the means of attaining another end that is perhaps in no way illicit itself. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a most noble end, but the direct killing of the child as a means to this end is not licit.”