Words of Life

Tell me, what can be more important--short, medium, and long-term--than how a culture treats its next generation? They are our flesh and blood, whose existence we brought into being, whether intentionally or carelessly. Unborn lives are not like chalk on a blackboard that you can casually erase when no longer “wanted."

We affirm with every corpuscle in our bodies that we are obliged to do everything that is legally, morally, and ethically possible to protect the little ones. We cannot accept that abortion is essentially inconsequential--a matter of mere opinion, like whether we choose Coke or Pepsi. To do so would be to diminish our own humanity just as abortion diminishes the humanity of our unborn brothers and sisters.

– Dave Andrusko n the National Right to Life Committee’s “Today’s News & Views” column, Aug. 16, 2010

For parents whose pregnant daughters are considering abortion: that they will help their daughter understand the priceless gift she is carrying and help her choose life through parenting or adoption; we pray to the Lord. Amen.

Todo ser humano, en cualquier etapa y condición, es querido y amado por Dios. Por esta razón, toda vida humana es sagrada. Quitar la vida a alguien es un mal grave y una deshonra grave a Dios. Porque somos creados a imagen de Dios, que es Amor, nuestra identidad y nuestra vocación es amar. El Papa Benedicto ha denominado esto como “la clave de toda [nuestra] existencia”.

– Volante de USCCB para el Programa Respetemos la Vida (2010)

Por los padres cuyas hijas embarazadas están pensando en abortar: que las ayuden a comprender el don invalorable que están gestando y a escoger la vida criando o dando su hijo en adopción; roguemos al Señor. Amen.