The law should at least protect the lives of the innocent. All laws reflect someone’s view of morality and our religious beliefs should inform our morality.
A refresher course on what the Catholic Church actually teaches, and what faithful Catholics are required to believe and practice, is worth repeating. The irrefutable tenants of this non-negotiable and pre-eminent issue are as follows: (1) All human life is sacred; (2) Human life begins at conception; (3) Abortion kills an innocent human life; (4) The intentional killing of an innocent human life is a mortal sin; and (5) If you die in a state of mortal sin you will go to hell for all eternity. Full Article Lifesitenews/opinion
As the Catholic Church also teaches, all rights depend on the protection of the first inalienable right: the right to life. Therefore, the liberal Catholics’ vociferous call for “social justice” for the poor and oppressed, while denying millions of the most vulnerable the right to life itself, rings hollow and hypocritical. It is time for such cruel hypocrisy to be recognized for what it is, and for all faithful Catholics to boldly proclaim the truth of this issue without compromise.