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, September 4, 2020

ALL's Pro-Life This Week 9/4/2020

                                        Featured Commentary

                                    

Commonplace Killing

Healthcare
dangers abound, as we have seen in many recent news stories. And these
stories show just how little human life matters to some people.

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                                        Week in Review

                                    

The
abortion industry needs to expand its outreach and get more women to
kill their babies. They have hit upon a scheme to use the Abortion Pill
(Mifeprex) to push at-home abortions. Twenty US senators are trying to
stop them.

                                        ALL in the News

                                    

Jim
Sedlak, ALL’s executive director and Planned Parenthood expert was
recently featured in an article on the possible ban on at-home abortion
drugs. Also this week, Judie Brown’s weekly commentaries continue to be
featured prominently by Renew America.

                                        Pro-Life Social Media

                                    

Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas, wields
Twitter like a sword. In a post that cuts right to the matter of
abortion violence, Bishop Strickland suggested that if preborn babies
had one thing to worry about, it wouldn’t be COVID.

                                        Video of the Week

                                    

Republicans
have failed to defund Planned Parenthood or ban the use of abortion
pills. But at least they can book speakers at their national convention
who bring attention to the most vulnerable people among us—children
waiting to be born. We discuss these speeches in our Friday IG Live Re:Stream.

                                        Action Item of the Week

                                    

Next
week, you will have the opportunity to take part in an annual event
that has become an integral part of the pro-life effort. You don’t need
to make signs or worry about conflict. Just come and spend some time in
prayer.

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.”