Hi. Stumbled across this thread so my apologies if repeating stuff.
Some things to consider…
The Didache (chapter 2) from the first century states “you must not murder a child via abortion.”
“child-murder”(Athenagoras), “a speedier man-killing” (Tertullian), “murder” (Hippolytus), “murderer” (Basil), “murder” (John Chrysotom), “murder” (Jerome) etc, etc, etc.
catholic.com/library/Abortion.asp
The Second Vatican Council said “Life must be safeguarded with extreme care from conception; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.” - Gaudium et spes 51
The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church #233 says abortion “is a horrendous crime and constitutes a particularly serious moral disorder; far from being a right, it is a sad phenomenon that contributes seriously to spreading a mentality against life, representing a dangerous threat to a just and democratic social coexistence.”
Pope John Paul II noted the “unanimity in the doctrinal and disciplinary tradition of the Church” saying the tradition is “unchangeable.” Evangelium Vitae, 62
Archbishop Levada wrote “Pope John Paul II, after consultation among the bishops of the world, declared on his apostolic authority in Evangelium Vitae that this moral doctrine was part of the patrimony of faith taught** infallibly **by the universal ordinary Magisterium of the Church, i.e., the College of Bishops united in their teaching throughout history and throughout the world. A Catholic, to be in full communion with the faith of the Church, must accept this teaching about the evil of abortion and euthanasia.”
usccb.org/bishops/reflections.shtml
Ex Cathedra statements are not the only way the Church speaks infallibly
Code of Canon Law 1364 §1, An apostate from the faith, a heretic or a schismatic incurs a latae sententiae excommunication…
Code of Canon Law 751, Heresy is the obstinate denial or doubt, after baptism, of a truth which must be believed by divine and Catholic faith.
Code of Canon Law 915, Those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared, and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to holy communion.
Even if one still does not believe the Holy Mother Church has spoken infallibly on abortion Code of Canon Law 752, states “While the assent of faith is not required, a religious submission of intellect and will is to be given to any doctrine which either the Supreme Pontiff or the College of Bishops, exercising their authentic magisterium, declare upon a matter of faith or morals, even though they do not intend to proclaim that doctrine by definitive act. Christ’s faithful are therefore to ensure that they avoid whatever does not accord with that doctrine.”
Luke 1:41, 44 - John in the Womb (Greek: brephos)
Luke 2:12,16 - Jesus in the manger (Greek: brephos)
Hosea list the three phases of human life, conception, pregnancy and birth Hosea 9:11
God forms our inmost being and knits us in the womb of our mother Psalm 139:13
God knew Jeremiah before he was formed in the womb Jeremiah 1:5
God called Isaiah from the womb, making mention of his name Isaiah 49:1
God “did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living” Wisdom 1:13
“Physicians, biologists, and other scientists agree that conception marks the beginning of the life of a human being - a being that is alive and is a member of the human species. There is overwhelming agreement on this point in countless medical, biological, and scientific writings.”
Report, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers to Senate Judiciary Committee S-158, 97th Congress, 1st Session 1981.
“By all the criteria of modern molecular biology, life is present from the moment of conception.” (Professor Gordon - Mayo Clinic)
Report, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers to Senate Judiciary Committee S-158, 97th Congress, 1st Session 1981.
Death is not a choice. The father gets no choice, nor does the child and in many cases there is little if any choice for the woman.
Abortion as a right was conned, sorry, coined, by men. The early feminist opposed abortion.“child murder” (Susan B. Anthony), “most degrading and disgusting crime” (Elizabeth Cady Stanton), “antenatal murder” (Sarah Norton), “the ultimate exploitation of women” (Alice Paul).
bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/mother/early.shtml
feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm
CCC 1791 This ignorance can often be imputed to personal responsibility. This is the case when a man "takes little trouble to find out what is true and good, or when conscience is by degrees almost blinded through the habit of committing sin."59 In such cases, the person is culpable for the evil he commits.
1794 A good and pure conscience is enlightened by true faith, for charity proceeds at the same time “from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith.”
