Not all moral issues...

“Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.”
~ Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion: General Principles, n. 3, memo to Cardinal McCarrick, 2004 ~

Amnesty International...

"Amnesty International was founded to protect human rights, yet it now treads upon the most fundamental human right, the right to life. To fail to protect the right to life renders suspect one’s advocacy of any other human right.”
~ Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life, August 20, 2007 ~

Oh Mary, bright dawn...

"O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life: Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time."
~ Pope John Paul II, "Prayer for Life", Evangelium Vitae ~

Like an animal caught in a trap...

"Like an animal caught in a trap, trying to gnaw off its own leg, a woman who seeks abortion is trying to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss. Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate."
~Frederica Mathewes-Green, Abortion: Women's Rights and Wrongs~

The need for a deeply spiritual...

"...the need for a deeply spiritual approach to ending the abortion holocaust is fundamental. It does not absolve us from working in every way humanly possible to end abortion, but it puts all our human activity into the right perspective."
~ Fr. Euteneur, Spirit & Life, Human Life International e-Newsletter, 7/27/07 ~

The forces behind the pro-death movement...

"...the forces behind the pro-death movement are not merely human but demonic. It is imperative to understand, as Christ reminds us, that the devil was a murderer from the beginning. The evil spirit has remained a murderer all through human history, and he is the real leader behind the philosophy of homicide which now pervades whole nations of what we still call a civilized world."
~ Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., The Holy Eucharist: The Center of the Prolife Movement~

We don't have to...

"...we don’t have to sacrifice human life in order to research ways to save it."
~ U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D. ~

Thou shalt not...

"Thou shalt not kill."
~ Fifth Commandment ~

Guilty?

"Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!"

~ Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, July 8, 1869 ~

Give us the grace...

"Give us the grace - When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life."
~ Pope John Paul II, from a homily given in 1979 ~

Abortion, the direct killing...

"Abortion, the direct killing of an innocent human being, is always gravely immoral (The Gospel of Life, no. 57); its victims are the most vulnerable and defenseless members of the human family. It is imperative that those who are called to serve the least among us give urgent attention and priority to this issue of justice."
~ Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life, USCCB 2001 ~

If only the average person...

"If only the average person would wake up and see that until there is virtue where once there was vice, abortion will never disappear."
~ Judie Brown, Judie's Blog, 6/6/07 ~

Sweeter even than...

"Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so that their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them."
~ Susan B. Anthony, quoted in The American Feminist, Spring 1998 ~

Who would doubt that abortionists...

“Who would doubt that abortionists and their clients need divine grace to see the horror of their crimes and to have the courage to desist? Where can they obtain this grace? From God, of course. But in His ordinary providence, God uses persons who are in His friendship to merit for sinners — here the agents of abortion — the spiritual light and strength to return to the God from whom they have strayed.”
~Fr. Hardon, The Pro-Life Movement and the Catholic Church~

The Catholic Church proclaims that human life...

“The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision of society.” (United States Catechism for Adults, p. 442) Consequently, every Catholic is obliged to respect human life, from conception until natural death.
~ Sister Mary Ann Walsh, RSM: Bishops’ Conference Responds To 18 Democrats Critical Of Pope, May 18, 2007 ~

Never tire...

“Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is with you: be not afraid!”
~ Pope John Paul II – Address to visiting bishops, Feb. 3, 2001 ~

Selfishness and fear...

"Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation...We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life...life is a gift not a threat."
~ Pope Benedict XVI, Pope warns Catholic politicians who back abortion, May 9, 2007 ~

Abortion is not only injustice...

"...abortion is not only injustice against an unborn human being; it is the desecration of something holy. Those in the pro-life movement who are Christians believe they are defending not only the equity of a human person. They are defending the sanctity of human life and the majesty of the living God."
~ Fr. John A. Hardon, The Pro-Life Movement and the Catholic Church ~

It's hard to have a future...

"It’s hard to have a future “for our children and our children’s children” without children, and in practice, Planned Parenthood specializes in the business of preventing them. Even more troubling is Planned Parenthood’s long involvement in abortion “rights” and the lethal services associated with them. Helping women kill their unborn children abuses the real well-being of women. It also violates the dignity of unborn children in a brutally intimate and permanent way."
~ Archbishop Chaput, Ritter now faces the hard part of governorship: governing ~

You are fooling yourself...

"...you are fooling yourself and I fear fooling many good Catholics. You are simply not in sync with the Catholic Church. Until you change your non-Catholic positions, you should stop calling yourself Catholic. Your record shows that you support embryonic stem cell research, Planned Parenthood, contraception, family planning funding, allowing minors to have an abortion without parental consent, and are against making it a crime to harm a fetus, etc. etc."
~ Rev. John Malloy, SDB, A Priest Writes to Nancy Pellosi ~