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.
(Pro 6:16-19) Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief, A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
"On this basis, it falls to me today to speak a calm and firm word to those who bear the grave responsibility of legally ordering social coexistence. This coexistence can be threatened by the throwaway culture, as Pope Francis so often warned (cf. Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, 27 September 2021). In this sense, if life ceases to be recognized as a fundamental value, what future can our societies have? Can a community that casts into the shadows the unborn child, the elderly, the sick, those who suffer in silence, or those who depend entirely on the care of others be called fully just? The defense of human life is neither a partisan issue nor a confessional interest: it is a goal of civilization. Every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception to its natural end, in every circumstance of its existence. When this certainty is obscured, the most vulnerable are the first victims, and the law loses its deepest meaning: to serve and protect every person. For this reason, the moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its capacity to accompany, protect and love those lives that are most fragile.
The common good is, in a certain sense, the “social expression of the dignity recognized in every person” (Magnifica Humanitas, 59). It does not consist in the mere sum of particular interests, but rather in “the sum of those conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment” (Gaudium et Spes, 26). When the common good ceases to be a shared horizon, public action runs the risk of fragmenting into partial interests, incapable of safeguarding what belongs to all.
In this context, the family — the primary human reality and the natural foundation of the community — takes on particular importance. In the home, generations intertwine and a living memory is passed on, giving inner continuity to society. Where the family is upheld, the spiritual and social stability of nations is also strengthened. The family will always be the first school of humanity, where one learns, before anywhere else, the basic grammar of living together: welcoming life, caring for others, forgiving, serving and belonging".
23. In the case of tears, as in everything else, our good and just Judge will certainly take into consideration the strength of our nature. For I have seen small tear drops shed with difficulty like drops of blood, and I have also seen fountains of tears poured out without difficulty. And I judged those toilers more by their toil than by their tears, and I think that God does also.
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The pro-life concerns about in-vitro fertilization are manifold, but this might be a new one … A Democratic candidate for Congress confessed on a podcast this month that she had an abortion after planning her perfect family size with IVF.
[A study] found that pro-life states saw a greater increase in teens buying abortion drugs online than pro-abortion states after the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson ruling.
No matter how much Wendy Duffy might have asked to be killed, almost every other human being, with the possible exception of the criminally insane, would have hesitated to grant her wish. … When the will forces its whims onto life, life yields, but that does not change the superiority of life to the will. The inversion of this hierarchy is the grotesqueness of suicide.
Despite the high ideals at Oxfam, inequality is the stubborn history of the world, and it isn’t going away any time soon. This reality did not elude Leo XIII. But he takes care to note that all humans possess equal dignity and are deserving of equal justice, that that dignity is immutable, whether we’re mucking stalls or making million-dollar bids on yearlings at auction, because it is imbued, not by what we have or what we do, but by God alone.
The struggle to defend human life in all its developmental stages and biological conditions, particularly for defenseless and discarded persons, will not find its footing in the drifting sands of uncertain moral intuitions that guide our secular society. … In our justification and rhetoric regarding the defense of human life, we should not shy away from, but double down on passionately affirming a specifically religious faith in human dignity.
A friend only calls when he needs a favor. A guy is interested in a girl only for sex. … Using one another cheapens relationships; it cheapens life. And for nearly 50 years, Roe v. Wade has taught us to use one another.
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