Sentences with phrase «unborn life in»
Assuring the most comprehensive possible legal protection for unborn life in a given locale is no simple task.
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Ultimately, conscience can not be legislated and every man and woman will have to answer for what they have done in their past, whether it was slaughtering the unborn or living in sin, whatever the definition.
By respecting equally the life of the unborn child and the life of the mother, by supporting notification and consent before an abortion involving a minor, by offering ministries to reduce unintended pregnancy, by affirming (and encouraging church support of) crisis pregnancy centers, and by urging family counsel in decision - making about abortion, the additional language is decisively pro-life.
We work toward a shared humanity in which all people are recognized as worthy of a full life — including the unborn — by the very fact they they exist.
He believed in saving the life of the unborn and considered them very much human just like God and the Bible clearly talk about that all life is important in God's eyes...
Certainly the lives of women are as important as those of unborn children, but no one in America or abroad advocates the slaughter of thousands of women annually, while many do defend murder of the unborn.
But the great and encouraging consequence of this breakthrough is that the humanity of the unborn child, even at the earliest embryonic stage of development, is now a subject of polite conversation even in the circles that so fanatically resisted acknowledging the facts of life.
We believe in God despite the fact that we live in a world where the poor are ignored, wars occur, murderers are murdered, and the unborn are sacrificed.
She added: «We recognize that there are difficulties women face with pregnancies, especially in cases where the unborn child may be born with a life - limiting disease, but we do not believe that abortion is the answer, and that funding for a free abortion in another country is short - sighted as it neglects any mention of an offer of counselling or care for the woman.»
Even when unintentional, causing «a fatal accident» was punishable by death, showing that the life of an unborn child has as much value in God's eyes as one that has been born, being one and the same to him, for he «is the source of life.»
In an ironic twist, part of the campus of the Catholic University of America (CUA), namely the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, has become the focal point for a generation of young American Catholics who are passionately committed to speaking out in defence of the right to life for the unborIn an ironic twist, part of the campus of the Catholic University of America (CUA), namely the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, has become the focal point for a generation of young American Catholics who are passionately committed to speaking out in defence of the right to life for the unborin defence of the right to life for the unborn.
The media hounded Tim Farron for his Christian views; they did not regard it as acceptable for him to hold views other than those of the political elite, or the majority, Similarly, our belief in the personhood of the unborn child and the sanctity of their lives enables us to see abortion as a sin crying to heaven for justice, not merely some privately held opinion; for us it is most definitely not «a woman's choice».
Suppose your unborn child was determined in the first trimester to be grossly malformed, unlikely to live, possibly to kill you during pregnancy; and if if it did live without killing you, to have a life of severe pain and suffering with the hope of nothing resembling, or even close to, normal life.
His support for the unborn resonated with Americans fighting the consequences of Roe v. Wade: The right to life movement received a new language and dimension when he first spoke about a «Culture of Life» in 1993 — significantly, during a visit to America — and two years later, described his full vision in his great encyclical, Evangelum Vilife movement received a new language and dimension when he first spoke about a «Culture of Life» in 1993 — significantly, during a visit to America — and two years later, described his full vision in his great encyclical, Evangelum ViLife» in 1993 — significantly, during a visit to America — and two years later, described his full vision in his great encyclical, Evangelum Vitae.
We factor in the unborn child's right to life.
His defence of human life in Evangelium Vitae rallied the Church to the cause of defending the vulnerable and opposing the killing of unborn children and the frail and weak.
Last weekend, we saw the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. to persuade our government to reverse Roe v. Wade and protect unborn lives.
Put positively, the conclusion should be that we must work toward the goal of the pro-life movement: every child, born and unborn, protected in law and welcomed in life.
Unfortunately, they don't have the sense of autonomy that would lead them to refuse sex if their own life - chances (as well as those of their as - yet - unborn children) are in danger of being damaged by male reluctance to use the simple means of contraception readily available.
Here, for instance, is Judge Richard Arnold of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals explaining why states can not ban the killing of a «living unborn child» while it is in the process of being delivered.
Taking a life, either of an unborn child or an aged person, violates a fundamental principle and will in the end be harmful to society.
Yet the Irish language version of the wording of Article 40.3.3 — which ought to take precedence in moments of ambiguity or doubt — refers not to «the unborn» but to «the living without birth,» («na mbeo gan breith») a concept that cuts through the abortionists» dissembling.
It is perfectly obvious to me that unborn children are in fact human life.
Why should a criminal be charged for two or more counts if of murder, in those jurisdictions, for taking the additional lives when at the same time it says that it is ok for a woman to take the same life of the unborn baby?
In that case, Grobstein writes, the unborn «need only be assessed and valued for its then - existing properties without reference to what it might have become in a normal human life history.&raquIn that case, Grobstein writes, the unborn «need only be assessed and valued for its then - existing properties without reference to what it might have become in a normal human life history.&raquin a normal human life history.»
If he knowingly commits a post-24 weeks abortion, based on such stringent life and health criteria, the doctor must certify his judgment about the threat in writing; acquire the concurrence of a second doctor in that judgment based on a «separate personal medical examination» of the woman; perform the abortion in a hospital; employ procedures designed to maximize the unborn child's chances to survive; and have a second physician present, ready to consider any surviving child his primary patient.
In order to have any hope of winning the debate, defenders of unborn life must understand how an argument....
Colosseum: The Bible is very clear that an unborn life is considered of value and is precious in the sight of God.
The Hawaiian court has thus set itself on the same course of action as the misguided Supreme Court in 1973 when it thought that laws about abortion were merely an assertion of the rights of a living mother and an unborn fetus.
As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.
It is clear that although Gianna will be remembered predominantly for the way in which she put the life of her unborn child before her own life, this is only one of many ways in which she witnesses to the Gospel.
In recent decades, Evangelicals and Catholics have encountered one another as brothers and sisters in Christ in many forums, and especially as they contend together for a culture of life that will protect the unborn, the aged, the handicapped, and others who are often deemed to be expendablIn recent decades, Evangelicals and Catholics have encountered one another as brothers and sisters in Christ in many forums, and especially as they contend together for a culture of life that will protect the unborn, the aged, the handicapped, and others who are often deemed to be expendablin Christ in many forums, and especially as they contend together for a culture of life that will protect the unborn, the aged, the handicapped, and others who are often deemed to be expendablin many forums, and especially as they contend together for a culture of life that will protect the unborn, the aged, the handicapped, and others who are often deemed to be expendable.
Morelli decries the fact that «we live in a society where the life of the worst criminal is worth more than that of an unborn child.»
As long as we live in a cultural milieu in which the unborn child is seen as something to be feared rather than welcomed, or a financial burden rather than a gift, political opinion will be secondary.
Admittedly, the nervous nuancing is excessive and the statement is anything but a clarion trumpet call for battle on behalf of the culture of life, but «Standing for the Unborn» should be welcomed as an exercise in Jesuit catch - up and a promising advance in the Jesuit - Catholic ecumenical dialogue.
We don't cherish life in the nation, we have at least 2 generations that have grown up with the fact that Roe v. Wade is law of the land and if we don't care about the unborn, how can we care about a living person?
But on the side of the goal of «every unborn child protected in law and welcomed in life» is moral truth, and what we must hope is the enduring, if sometimes inarticulate, decency of most Americans.
In general, I guess, my Libertarian take on abortion is that the freedom to live should extend to the unborn.
Perhaps the humanity of the unborn child that everyone instinctively recognises is easier to suppress if you don't wake up in the night feeling a baby turning somersaults inside you nor be expected to accept chronic sickness because taking anti-nausea drugsmight harm the tiny life you are incubating.
We live, after all, in a nation in which those who have responsibility for the common good have made it illegal to restrict the killing of the unborn.
Say: «Come, let me convey unto you what G - D has [really] forbidden to you: «Do not ascribe divinity, in any way, to anything (or anyone) beside HIM; and [do not offend against but, rather,] do good unto your parents; and do not kill your children (born or unborn) for fear of poverty --[for] it is WE who shall provide sustenance for you as well as for them; and do not commit any shameful deeds, be they open or secret; and do not take any human being's life -[the life] which G - D has declared to be sacred - otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice: this has HE enjoined upon you so that you might use your reason; and do not touch the substance of an orphan — except to improve it - before he comes of age.»
Therefore, in recognition of the biological reality that human life begins at the moment of fertilization, the unborn child is enti.tled to the protection of the law under all circu.mstances and at every stage of pregnancy.
Therefore, in recognition of the biological reality that human life begins at the moment of fertilization, the unborn child is ent.itled to the protection of the law under all circu.mstances and at every stage of pregnancy.
«In every locale, in other words, the conscientious Catholic politician will seek the principled recognition of the state's interest in the protection of unborn human life and the maximum possible legal implementation of that principle, given local political and cultural realitieIn every locale, in other words, the conscientious Catholic politician will seek the principled recognition of the state's interest in the protection of unborn human life and the maximum possible legal implementation of that principle, given local political and cultural realitiein other words, the conscientious Catholic politician will seek the principled recognition of the state's interest in the protection of unborn human life and the maximum possible legal implementation of that principle, given local political and cultural realitiein the protection of unborn human life and the maximum possible legal implementation of that principle, given local political and cultural realities.
If the American Negro and other victims of oppression succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle for justice, unborn generations will live in a desolate night of bitterness, and their chief legacy will be an endless reign of chaos.
Catholicism in America will be diminished if it does not bring the art of prudence to bear in devising legal approaches to abortion that are compassionate toward pregnant women, protective of unborn life, and directed toward the general welfare.»
I completely against abortion, yet I live in a country where it is legal to kill an unborn baby.
Bush repeatedly asserted the goal of moving toward a society in which «every unborn child is protected in law and welcomed in life.»
And why are we giving the culture of Washington new powers of life and death» making ourselves «God's Partners,» in President Obama's language» at a time when that culture has proved itself so vague and so deluded about all the issues of life and death that have come before it: war, and embryos, and the unborn, and the weak, and the vulnerable?
One social scientist recently replied to a flyer on behalf of a political action committee advocating ethically consistent life commitments in political life (embracing protection for the unborn, welfare reform, and nuclear disarmament):