The good news for pro-lifers came only five days before the anniversary of Roe v. Wade — the Supreme Court's Jan. 22, 1973, decision that legalized abortion nationwide — and the observance
of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar.
They were criminalized for good reason, as things repugnant to respect for the God -
given sanctity of human life, and they ought to remain criminal.
Such a catchall approach may be sufficient for those who take a more diffuse approach to natural law but for those who uphold
theabsolute sanctity of human life against the worst elements of modern technology it is not good enough.
Heavenly Father, thank you for your complete disregard for
the sanctity of human life.
Gianna: The Catholic Healthcare Center for Women» named after Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian doctor, wife, and mother, who, when faced with complications while pregnant, refused to have an abortion at great risk to her own life» provides women gynecological and obstetric care that is fully committed to the USCCB's Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services and fully respects both the dignity of women and
the sanctity of human life.
Can a regime, no matter how powerful, become the world's lodestar if it is morally corrupted by an utter disregard for the dignity and
sanctity of human life?
A Christian charity has said
the sanctity of human life in Britain is under «real, real threat» after... More
Fourth, this concern with
the sanctity of human life per se was at the heart of the White Rose protest against the murder of the Jews.
They note that he has been a powerful voice in defense of
the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions and marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife, though they do not praise him for that as I would.
We deeply admire your profound commitment and bold witness to
the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions and to the protection of the poor, the weak, and the vulnerable from womb to tomb.
I believe he is providing a prominent professional service to humanity free of charge, where he doesn't have to, out of belief in the «
Sanctity of Human Life» and as a Christian with a directive from the Lord Jesus Christ to do so.
Until this point, virtually no one within the evangelical community was even discussing
the sanctity of human life, let alone defending it.
«What HHS claims to be protecting is religious beliefs, when it actually is protecting a moral philosophy about
the sanctity of human life.»
They wanted to ditch the old Judaeo - Christian belief in
the sanctity of all human life and replace it with what they regarded as a more advanced and rational philosophy.
President Clinton and voted to include the text of her speech on
the sanctity of human life in its annual record.
I believe in
the sanctity of human life, moral responsibility, and the good news in the gospel.
The most fundamental argument for discontinuing the death penalty is that society can best express the seriousness of its commitment to
the sanctity of human life by abstaining from taking it, despite having justifiable cause.
His recommendation as to the best way to accomplish this is to acknowledge some murderers do «deserve» to lose their lives, but that society is better served by a commitment to
the sanctity of human life by abstaining from taking it.
All of us must give witness to
the sanctity of human life, not merely by personally refraining from abortion and euthanasia, but by working in various spheres» including the political sphere» to overcome these «crimes against life» and create a new «culture of life.»
Respecting
the sanctity of human life at every stage of development and decline, securing the integrity of marriage and family life, protecting the disabled and vulnerable, caring for the marginalized and imprisoned» these are among the mandates that are bringing, and must increasingly bring, Evangelicals and Catholics together.
However, inasmuch as my personal opposition to this practice is rooted in a sectarian (Catholic) religious belief in
the sanctity of human life, I am unwilling to impose it on others who may, as a matter of conscience, take a different view.
To reject materialism, greed, sensualism, militarism, power, status and the American way of life, and to affirm peace, justice, the unity of all peoples,
the sanctity of human life, human rights and equal economic opportunity, is to be radically different in world view and action from the world around us.
The Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention is doing a very nice series of pamphlets under the title «
Sanctity of Human Life.»
Not every modern assault on
the sanctity of human life is traceable to Hitler.
But to the opponents of these policies, I say: Yes, support the equality and
sanctity of human life.
We've seen it happen: A new assault on
the sanctity of human life appears — say, infanticide being promoted in a major bioethics journal, or officials in Iceland bragging that no children with Down syndrome are born there, thanks to prenatal genetic screening — and some horrified opponents respond in horror, «That's what the Nazis did!»
Actually practicing holistic ministry that combines evangelism and social,; implementing a completely pro-life agenda that embraces both
the sanctity of human life and family on the one hand and racial and economic justice, peacemaking and creation care on the other; and modeling astonishing love even for those we disagree with most strongly; — all that is far more important than «fighting» however winsomely for the label evangelical.
One of the central tasks of this revolution is the rejection of both the prohibition on killing the innocent and of the Christian idea of
the sanctity of human life on which it is based.
One crucial test of our commitment to
the sanctity of human life in our time will be whether as a society we will spend the money, take the time and run the risk required to treat people with AIDS as persons, down to the last painful gasp.
The people who speak most often about
the sanctity of human life should have been the very first to champion the right of people with AIDS to adequate healthcare rather than lobbying against government expenditure for AIDS research, as did the Moral Majority.
a rather pointed open letter implicitly, but very clearly, characterizing Catholic teaching on sexual morality and marriage (and, perhaps, on abortion as well, though that is a little less clear) as «repression,» and implicitly characterizing the Archbishop himself, who is a strong defender of marriage, chastity, and
the sanctity of human life, as an oppressor.
Moreover, the sect has illustrated once again its disregard for every religion and for
the sanctity of human life, not only by targeting the innocent as they pray, but also by indoctrinating vulnerable girls for use as disposable commodities to fulfill its murderous purposes».
Forty - four years after Roe, a reverence for
the sanctity of human life still burns in the spirit of far too many people to ignore.
Underlying all these, Lepard contends, is a kind of «religious humanism» based upon a fundamental religious belief in
the sanctity of human life.
Many believers have already abandoned
the sanctity of human life ethic in the name of preventing suffering.
The natural law arguments related to homosexual marriage,
the sanctity of human life, and other issues can easily be subsumed under this formula.
... [T] he sense of
the sanctity of human life can be damaged just as much by longevity as by a permissive approach to abortion and euthanasia.
The center can provide information on childbirth and delivery options, fetal development, prenatal care, abortion alternatives, and
the sanctity of human life.
«The Force leadership empasises
the sanctity of human lives and condemns in the strongest possible terms the violation of the right to life of citizens under any guise.