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.
Saving our nation was the topic of an essay
that Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. CAP, wrote more than 10 years ago.
Today, as we confront the many enemies of life, love, and family, it
would serve us well to contemplate these words:
Because
the Bread of Life and Love is inseparable from the Gospel of Life and
Love, a complete proclamation of the Gospel of Life and Love will
necessarily involve devotion to the Bread of Life and Love or the
Blessed Sacrament. One should expect that the more devotion to the
Blessed Sacrament increases in the Church, the more life and love will
flourish among members of the Church and society. Similarly, an attack
upon the Blessed Sacrament will be an attack upon life and love as it
exists among the people in the Church and society.
It
is those attacks on Jesus Christ, truly present in the Blessed
Sacrament, that slither about in our society today. Such forces do not
wish to see life and love flourish. It would be safe to suggest that the
people driving these efforts are the modern-day Roman soldiers who
crucify the Truth simply because such teachings are politically
incorrect. Among them are the folks who work night and day to ensure
that babies die and families suffer.
Take, for example, these words of Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson:
“I think it’s important to state that abortion is an essential,
time-sensitive medical procedure, and we know that reproductive rights
are essential. And right now what we have in various states across the
country are anti-abortion politicians who are using this pandemic to
play politics with our health.”
Johnson
went on to say that supporters of Planned Parenthood should be telling
their lawmakers that “in the middle of a health crisis this is the time
to actually be expanding access to care, not making it more difficult.”
Two
things are happening within the context of Johnson’s words. The first
is that preborn children are being equated with diseased organs that
must be removed no matter what.
The
second is that more killing is better than less during this pandemic;
more babies need to die, and as a consequence, more expectant mothers
need to become the mothers of dead babies.
Both agenda items are evil and death knells to the sanctity of love and life.
And lest we forget, at least one former Planned Parenthood abortionist witnessed the horror we have just noted.
According to Live Action: “In the recent Live Action exclusive video interview with former abortionist Dr. Patti Giebink, Giebink told Live Action founder and president Lila Rose about the questionable practices
she encountered during the time she worked at a Planned Parenthood
facility. Giebink cited lack of care towards patients, a failure to
allow patients time to consider their own medical options without
coercion, abortion quotas, and almost no inspection visits to the
facility from the health department.”
In
other words, McGill’s defense of the indefensible includes support for
patient coercion and corporate deception—practices that line the pockets
of the abortion giant at the expense of human beings’ lives.
This is also why Planned Parenthood is pushing back against the states that have chosen to suspend baby killing during the pandemic.
But all is not lost. It never is. We need only remember that even though there are people whom St. Paul described as having “exchanged God’s truth for a lie,” God ultimately dealt with them justly. And so He will again.
For
our part, we look to the Christ on the cross and feel imbued with the
courage to “proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on
it. Refute falsehood, correct error, give encouragement—but do all with
patience and with care to instruct.” (2 Timothy 4:2)
As
we continue to defend life and the body of Christ who IS love, we can
rest assured that life and love can and will save America.
