And I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court’s result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right. The decision by the [...]
Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category
Ronald Reagan On Abortion
Posted in Abortion, Quotes, tagged Abortion, Ronald Reagan on February 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
More From the Scientific Community on the Identity and Status of the Human Embryo
Posted in Biomedical Ethics, Development, Dignity, Personhood, Quotes, Right to Life, tagged Embryo, Princeton Pro-Life on January 7, 2010 | 68 Comments »
Compliments of Princeton Pro-Life “Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together they form a zygote.” [England, Marjorie A. Life Before Birth. 2nd ed. England: Mosby-Wolfe, 1996, p.31] “Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as [...]
The Identity and Status of the Human Embryo
Posted in Development, Dignity, Personhood, Quotes, Right to Life, tagged Developmental Biology, Embryo on January 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Chris, a commenter in the embryonic stem cell post passes along these great quotes from medical texts. Many thanks Chris! “Zygote. This cell, formed by the union of an ovum and a sperm (Gr. zyg tos, yoked together), represents the beginning of a human being. The common expression ‘fertilized ovum’ refers to the zygote.” – [...]
Pope John Paul the Great to Post-Abortive Women
Posted in Abortion, Bishops, Dignity, Family, Motherhood, Quotes, Right to Life, tagged Abortion, Evangelium Vitae, Pope John Paul II on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) #99: “I would like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering [...]
Favorite Quotes
Posted in Abortion, Birth Control, Condoms, Family, Quotes, Right to Life, tagged Abortion, Birth Control, Pope Paul VI on December 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“For you deal here above all with human life, and human life is sacred; no one may dare make an attempt upon it. Respect for life, even with regard to the great problem of the birth rate, must find here in your Assembly its highest affirmation and its most rational defence. Your task is to [...]
Biomedical Ethics
Posted in Abortion, Biomedical Ethics, Christmas, Condoms, DNA, Quotes, Sexually Transmitted Disease on December 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
LifeNews reports, Obama Admin Forces Americans to Pay for More Embryonic Stem Cell Research: “National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins approved taxpayer funding of 27 more lines of embryonic stem cells.” Having overturned the Bush administration’s restrictions, we are headed in the wrong direction morally, but also scientifically. Embryonic stem cell research has consistently [...]
Food For Thought
Posted in Quotes, Right to Life on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder” -Pope John Paul I Perhaps we all feel this way about our involvement in the Pro-Life Community. I know I do. Late to the table at 49, and having only nibbled around the edges for years, I trust that [...]
Favorite Quotes
Posted in Quotes on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ted Koppel of ABC’s Nightline at Duke University Commencement, 1987. “We have actually convinced ourselves that slogans will save us. Shoot up if you must, but use a clean needle. Enjoy sex whenever and with whomever you wish, but wear a condom. No! The answer is no. Not because it isn’t cool or smart or [...]
