This lets us justify any abortion by saying we are not sure whether the one we are killing is human. That point of beginning is demonstrated repeatedly in in vitro fertilizations. Regardless of what an ecclesiastical body declares, this fact of life remains. It is disheartening that such sloppiness and unwillingness to deal with known truth is permitted by a church body that should be committed to truth. It is incomprehensible that our Church, which should love life and do everything in its power to preserve life, condones the intentional killing of unborn children by abortion and justifies that killing by suggesting that there is no agreement as to when a human life begins.
Human life begins at conception, as every piece of medical evidence demonstrates.
The taking of human life by abortion can be nothing less than the killing of an innocent human being. Because all of these features of brain life are present when an unborn child is eight weeks old, the argument has been made that if terminating life support in an adult when these responses are present is murder, then to be consistent, terminating the life of an unborn child at eight weeks or older is also murder. For those interested in learning more about the beginning of human life and its scientific basis, I recommend a book entitled The Concentration Can by Dr. Jerome Lejeune, published by Ignatius Press, 1992. Dr. Lejeune is one of the most distinguished geneticists in the world and is currently professor of Genetics at Rene Descartes University in Paris, France. He is the man responsible for identifying the chromosomal abnormality that gives rise to Down's Syndrome.