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.

Friday, April 17, 2020

ALL's Pro-Life This Week 4/17/2020

                                        Featured Commentary
                                    

Living in a ‘Contraceptive Desert’

According to the media, a “contraceptive desert” is a place where women at or below the poverty level live in “counties in which there is not reasonable access to a health center offering the full range of contraceptive methods.”

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                                        Week in Review
                                    

There is a silver lining in the actions the coronavirus has caused. It’s prompted lots of attention and given parents the ability to recover some of the control Planned Parenthood has snatched away. That and a number of developments this week need your attention.

                                        ALL in the News
                                    

This week, ALL’s executive vice-president and Judie Brown’s son, Hugh Brown, was featured in an article regarding President Trump’s recent defunding of the World Health Organization. Brown applauded the president for defunding this long-time abortion supporting organization.

                                        Pro-Life Social Media
                                    

This week, unsealed invoices in the CMP case show the Planned Parenthood Mar Monte affiliate charged a procurement agency nearly $25,000 for dead baby parts.

                                        Video of the Week
                                    

A Wee Warrior Fights for Life from Her Moment of Birth

                                        Action Item of the Week
                                    

Planned Parenthood is always seeking good press. It tries to do whatever it can to hide its killing of God’s children and encouraging our children to lead sinful lives. But the news coverage we present to you this week will probably make your blood boil.

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.”