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, June 24, 2019

From the frontlines defending life, family and religious liberty...

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From the frontlines defending life, family and religious liberty...

John , as a valued member of our Thomas More Society family, we want to keep you up-to-date on what's happening in our cases — as well as in the pro-life and pro-family movements in America. With over 80 active cases at the moment, it’s been another busy month here – especially with the horrific new Illinois abortion law in our home state.

Illinois Legalizes “Death Penalty” by Dismemberment Abortions of Viable Unborn Preemies

The Thomas More Society has declared Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s signing of SB 25, the state’s extreme abortion law, to be tantamount to “legalizing the death penalty, with no possibility of appeal, for viable unborn preemies."
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Court Refuses to Lift Contempt Fines or Remove Prejudiced Judge in Abortion Baby Parts Trafficking Trial

On June 5, 2019, a Ninth Circuit panel announced it would not consider an appeal of a nearly $200,000 penalty levied on Daleiden and his criminal defense attorneys for using the video footage in the...
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Will United States Supreme Court Burst Chicago’s Abortion ‘Bubble Zone’ Law?

The Chicago “bubble zone” ordinance, applied exclusively at abortion facilities, designates a 50-foot radius from the entrance as an area in which persons are prohibited from...
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Embryos and the Law

Thomas More Society Special Counsel, noted for her leadership in medical malpractice defense and alternative dispute resolution, was the first female president of the National Lawyers Association, an advocate of...
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Thomas More Society Offers Free Right of Conscience Defense Against Forced Abortion Participation

Attorneys with the Thomas More Society are defending health care workers and providers from being forced to participate in abortion and...
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There are many ways to support the Thomas More Society’s important work restoring respect in law for life, family, and religious liberty. Thank you for considering some of these options...
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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.”