While I was reading Vorgrimler, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its «Instruction on
Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation.
[23] See Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction
on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation (1987) 1,2: AAS 80 (1988); Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2274.
In language that hinted at what was to come, it declared: «We believe that planned parenthood, practiced
with respect for human life, fulfills rather than violates the will of God....
The 1949 Medical Declaration of Geneva added to the Hippocratic Oath the explicit line, «I will maintain the
utmost respect for human life from the time of its conception.»
And socially conservative groups were quick to praise Ryan's selection, with the president of National Right to Life saying that «Ryan has a deep,
abiding respect for all human life, including unborn children and their mothers, the disabled and the elderly.»
If we abandon the principle of
respect for human life by making the value of a life depend on whether someone else thinks that life is worthy or wanted, we will become one sort of people.
One proposed oath, by Dr. Louis Weinstein, somehow asserts that «I shall always have the
highest respect for human life» and yet also that the termination of life in certain, unspecified circumstances can be «an act of charity.»
The Alliance of Pro-Life Students (APS) was created in 2012 to help overcome these obstacles by building and supporting university pro-life communities united by a lasting and
profound respect for human life from fertilisation to natural death.
According to the Rosary on the Coast's website, Catholics in Poland «responded to what they sense as a movement of the Holy Spirit to gather around the coasts of their nations and pray to Jesus, the Divine Mercy, for a renewal of faith and
respect for human life through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary».
The 1985 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Instruction on
Respect for Human Life states, «By virtue of its substantial union with a spiritual soul, the human body can not be... evaluated in the same way as the body of animals... The natural moral law expresses and lays down the purposes, rights and duties which are based upon the bodily and spiritual nature of the human person.»
These things can certainly not be applied, in any degree of fairness, to the US administrations of the time, with their well -
known respect for human life, human dignity and human values.
Some pro-lifers thought that even this policy fell short of
full respect for human life, but Bush was attempting to make the best of a bad situation: for embryos that had already been destroyed, funds would be made available for research that tried to salvage some value out of their destruction.
The Vatican in its Instruction on
Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day offers an answer: the human being must be respected as a person from the first instance of his or her existence as a fertilized egg.
Running through Christianity is a consistent ethic
of respect for human life and dignity, and both parties fail in this regard.
Instead, we have done great harm to our sense of community and responsibility and
respect for human life.
This belief is based on
the respect for human life which pervades Jesus» teachings.
But the mosque's cleric, Imam Mohamed Magid, said the Prophet Muhammad, speaking through the Quran, prohibits violence and a lack of
respect for human life.
so see even i'm not perfect because i refuse to love violent humans that have
no respect for human life.
Something was going on in them that had
no respect for human lives and values, whose actions made no sense at all in human terms.
First, it can not be assumed that the Christian faith is taught in such a way as to emphasize love of neighbor (all neighbors) and
respect for human life.
We can choose to reaffirm
our respect for human life.
This is why I don't think most Christians who demand laws against abortion are sincere about it being about «
respect for human life».
Let us remember, too, that, appearing before a crowd of tens of thousands in Rome early in his papacy, Francis said, «I greet the participants of the March for Life which took place this morning in Rome and invite everyone to stay focused on the important issue of
respect for human life, from the moment of conception.»
ONCE AGAIN - Way beyond the pro - choice / abortion and
respect for human life in all its forms issues, we have the following:
«Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country can not be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or
respect for human life.»
For that reason, I plead with all who believe in
respect for human life, and especially those whose support of the President politically has given them influence with him and his administration, to work tirelessly to ensure that there is no further expansion of funding for embryo - destructive research or weakening of current consent requirements.
By teaching children to value & respect the life of their pets, we are teaching them compassion that will translate into value &
respect for human life.
This isn't the IRA, you see, this is a ruthless breakaway group, with
no respect for human life.
And as Margaret Somerville, the founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University says, the debate comes down to a direct conflict between the value of
respect for human life, on the one hand, and individuals» rights to autonomy and self determination — the value of «choice» — on the other.
As Posner puts it: «
respect for human life must have something to do with perceptions of the value... of that life.»
Further, Rodriguez found that the impugned provisions had a pressing legislative objective grounded in
respect for human life and its protection, were rationally connected to this purpose and were not overly broad; rather they struck an appropriate balance between the prohibition and the legislative objective.