The AMA told the Court that partial birth abortion could not be confused with other methods because no other procedure is performed in the same manner. De-sensitizing society to the killing of innocent babies can not be good for us. The campaign against partial birth abortion was supposed to get abortion supporters to draw a line at birth. 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. 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.