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.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

The Texas Heartbeat Act: The good, bad, and ugly

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Texas Heartbeat Act

The Texas Heartbeat Act has caused chaos in the abortion industry and wild celebration in the pro-life movement. But what exactly is in the law, why did the Supreme Court refuse to obstruct it, and will temporary gains bring long-term protection to pre-born children in Texas?

The Personhood Alliance celebrates that this law has no exception for rape and incest or fetal anomaly. All human beings are created in the image of God and have equal worth and dignity, regardless of manner of conception, disability, or medical prognosis. This is the standard we and all of our affiliates hold up consistently and without compromise.

But as we celebrate the lives saved in the legal turmoil and confusion Texas’s law has caused thus far, we must also consider four major points of concern:

Pre-born children without detectable heartbeats are not protected, and the detection is in the hands of the abortionist.
There is an explicit exception for “medical emergency” that is ripe for exploitation.
The law is not enforceable apart from civil lawsuits, which may only provide temporary gains.
The law still bows to the tyrannical power of the U.S. Supreme Court and the unjust decision of Roe v. Wade.

Read our full analysis

We're not just another pro-life organization.

We believe in the power of the People to make a real difference at the local and state levels.

The Personhood Alliance is a confederation of 28 independent affiliate organizations, both Catholic and evangelical, who stand on the biblical principles of personhood in defending human life and human dignity in the 21st century.

We seek to stop the killing of pre-born children without exception, and we reject the regulation of abortion. We also defend human life and human dignity from other direct assaults, such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, human trafficking, disability discrimination, unethical advances in science and technology, the push for non-human personhood, and the relentless attacks on God's design for marriage, family, gender, and sexuality, particularly when these attacks target children.

All of these issues have one thing in common: They are part of a coordinated assault on the Image of God, as reflected in His wholistic design for the human person.

We hope you will join us on this epic battlefield!

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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.”