The Catholic Church is sometimes the object of religious bigotry. On the issue of abortion, because Catholic teaching rejects abortion and the Church abhors it, we should not be surprised if we are made the object of prejudice. The right of the state to protect that innocent life by law must be established and defended. Human beings are created in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, life is sacred.
Abortion is the destruction of an unborn and innocent human child.
Women, too, are victimized by abortion. They suffer at the hands of those who exploit them, those who disregard their ultimate well-being, often for the sake of personal profit. Abortions take place in the United States almost always for the sake of convenience. Rarely are questions of rape, incest or the life of the mother involved. To begin with, one party of the partnership, the child, is not given a choice.