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, November 4, 2022

ALL's Pro-Life This Week 11/04/2022

                                        Featured Commentary
                                    

Justice and the Sycamore Tree

Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree to get a good look at Jesus, who upon looking up said, “Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I am to stay at your house today.”

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                                        Week in Review
                                    

Last week we told you all about the “Vasectomy Van” and Planned Parenthood’s new “clinic on wheels” coming to streets near you. Now there is an update; the Planned Parenthood RV will be handing out abortion pills.

                                        ALL in the News
                                    

Susan Ciancio, Celebrate Life Magazine editor, wrote an op-ed for Catholic World Report detailing Canada’s disturbing new move to allow people with mental illnesses to commit physician-assisted suicide.

                                        Pro-Life Social Media
                                    

You cannot be Catholic and advocate for abortion, yet Catholics for Choice continually celebrates the killing of babies.

                                        Video of the Week
                                    

This powerful new video from Choice42 describes a horrifying experience a sonographer had at the hospital where he worked.

                                        Action Item of the Week
                                    

The deadline for the CLSP essay contest has been extended! Students now have until November 7 to submit their essays!

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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.”