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, August 18, 2023

Pro-Life This Week - August 18, 2023

                                        Featured Commentary
                                    

The Issue
According to Webster, one of the definitions of issue is “a vital or unsettled matter.” So when a headline reads “Former Wisconsin Governor Says GOP Is in Trouble When It Focuses on Single Issues Like Abortion,” one can get the impression that, like we have suggested before, as far as the culture is concerned, abortion is an issue rather a deadly act.

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                                        Action Item of the Week
                                    

Join the virtual pro-life conference, “Abolish Abortion Now,” this Saturday! ALL’s Hugh Brown will be a keynote speaker at the event.

                                        Week in Review
                                    

A new report from The Lepanto Institute exposes the largest Catholic healthcare network in the US for funding a telehealth abortion business. Also, this week, NC state lawmakers banned transgender “girls” from women’s sports.

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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.”