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.

Monday, August 7, 2023

URGENT ALERT FROM PA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION

Help Pregnant Women!

Nearly 350,000 women have been served by Pennsylvania's Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services program. But now, the Governor has announced he intends to cancel the Commonwealth's contract with the award-winning Real Alternatives, which administers the program. Please send a message now to your state lawmaker to protect this critical program from harm!

URGENT ALERT

from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

In a shocking decision, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has announced that he intends to allow Pennsylvania’s contract with Real Alternatives to expire at the end of the year.

Real Alternatives administers Pennsylvania’s Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services program, which funds pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, and adoption agencies throughout the Commonwealth.

Without this program, thousands of pregnant women across PA could lose the comprehensive support and counseling they need during their pregnancies—and 12 months afterward.

ACTION ITEMS:

1. Please call Governor Shapiro’s office and ask that he reverse his decision to cancel Real Alternatives’ contract. The number to call is: 717-787-2500.

2. Please email and call your state representative and state senator and urge them to take action to stop Real Alternatives’ contract from being cancelled. You can send an immediate message by clicking here.

Thank you for taking these critical actions. Pregnant women throughout Pennsylvania are counting on you!

Sincerely,

Maria Gallagher

Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

PA Pro-Life Federation | 4800 Jonestown Rd., Suite 102, Harrisburg, PA 17109

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.”