Saturday, October 14, 2006
That they may have life, powerful statement
Evangelicals and Catholics Together has published another landmark paper, "That They May Have Life." It is a powerful statement in the magazine First Things, something I highly recommend to you as a regular read. I caught the habit from John Patrick, MD, one of CMDA's favorite speakers. (For John's take on abortion and life issues, listen to this MP3 file some time.) Fortunately First Things put this article up on their website as the showcase article so it is available sooner than usual.
Some good quotes:
"We...firmly reject the claim that disagreements over the culture of life represent a conflict between faith and reason."
"The contention over abortion, for instance, is not about when human life begins...The moral and political dispute is over which human beings, at whatever state of development or decline, possess rights that we are bound to respect."
"In the present state of our tragically disordered law, citizens are given, in the case of abortion, a private "right" to kill those who are too young, too small, too handicapped, too burdensome, or, for whatever reason, not "wanted."
"The healing professions in our society have been deeply corrupted by the culture of death."
"Men beyond numbering are complicit in the culture of death. The legal abortion license has made it easier to exploit women sexually; to abandon them or refuse to support them in the bearing of the new life for which men are equally responsible; and even to coerce them into having the child killed. This is a wickedness of unspeakable proportions..."
Amazing stuff. Read it.
Some good quotes:
"We...firmly reject the claim that disagreements over the culture of life represent a conflict between faith and reason."
"The contention over abortion, for instance, is not about when human life begins...The moral and political dispute is over which human beings, at whatever state of development or decline, possess rights that we are bound to respect."
"In the present state of our tragically disordered law, citizens are given, in the case of abortion, a private "right" to kill those who are too young, too small, too handicapped, too burdensome, or, for whatever reason, not "wanted."
"The healing professions in our society have been deeply corrupted by the culture of death."
"Men beyond numbering are complicit in the culture of death. The legal abortion license has made it easier to exploit women sexually; to abandon them or refuse to support them in the bearing of the new life for which men are equally responsible; and even to coerce them into having the child killed. This is a wickedness of unspeakable proportions..."
Amazing stuff. Read it.
