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 15, 2014

The killing, not the sex: Pro-life motives questioned

Pro-lifer at the arbor area of UC Santa Barbara, March, 2014 – from The Bottom Line

Yes. Pro-lifers really believe that abortion is murder, i.e., the unjust killing of an innocent human being.
Why would liberals doubt this? I’ll just cut to the chase and admit right now: I think it’s partly just bad faith. It can’t feel good to be the guy in favor of killing (at parental convenience) something that really does look quite a lot like, you know, a human baby. Instead of facing up to the real implications of something so icky, better to deflect by accusing the other guy of nefarious motives.

Read the whole article HERE: http://cal-catholic.com/?p=15231