Friday, January 12, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 383 – Part III.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) God-given human life is God’s own property; it is sacred
from the first moment of its existence and not under the control of any human
being. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I
consecrated you” (Jer 1:5).
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2273
b) "The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the
protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying
the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at
the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more
vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined.... As
a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the
unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate
penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child's rights"
(CDF, Donum vitae III).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) God alone is Lord over life and death. Not
even “my” life belongs to me. Every child, from the moment of conception on,
has a right to life. From his earliest beginnings an unborn human being is a
separate person, and no one can infringe upon his rights, not the State, not
the doctor, and not even the mother. The Church’s clarity about this is not a
lack of compassion; she means, rather, to point out the irreparable harm that
is inflicted on the child who is killed in abortion and on his parents and on
society as a whole. Protecting innocent human life is one of the noblest tasks
of the State. If a State evades this responsibility, it undermines the
foundations of a rule of law.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2322) From its conception, the child has the right to life.
Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a
"criminal" practice (GS 27 § 3), gravely contrary to the moral law.
The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime
against human life.
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