The campaign against partial birth abortion was supposed to get abortion supporters to draw a line at birth. If they do not, and it appears they won't, should we assume they would not draw that line anywhere? What if someone views me or you as less than human, should we give him or her license to kill? The abortion logic is mercilessly contorted and when we accept one form of killing based on “moral reasoning,” we force ourselves to then consider others on the same basis.
The challenge for the Supreme Court lies in recognizing the humanity of the unborn child, which they have not done in either Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey or Stenberg v. Carhart. We are all human, we all have dignity and we are all created in the image and likeness of God, born and unborn. Life is created at the union of the egg and sperm. This is not just Catholic teaching "“ it is a proven scientific fact "“ a fact on which there is clear agreement, even among leading abortion supporters.
The New York Times recently proclaimed this scientific fact too. In an article about the scientific breakthrough of DNA mapping, the author says, “Millions of times a year, egg genome meets sperm genome, and the result is a human baby, its parts all in place, its brain a universe of love and meaning,” (“Reading the Book of Life: The Context; A Pearl and a Hodgepodge: Human DNA,” New York Times, June 27, 2000).
What the Supreme Court has done is simply shameful.
This is a time for all of us to respond. I am asking all parishes to offer a Mass of reparation for the Court in the wake of this decision, which encourages the continuation of infanticide. I would also invite all those who attend this Mass to sign a letter of protest and send it to the Supreme Court to condemn their actions.
Let us strengthen our resolve to elect only candidates who are pro-life, who will uphold and who believe in the fundamental right to life. As I have said on many occasions, congressmen can not claim to be Catholic, nor pro-life, and still maintain a pro-abortion voting record. On a national level, we need to support leaders who will appoint pro-life justices to our nation's courts.
The time for all of us to act is now.
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