
Iowa House Passes Bill to Affirm Personhood at Moment of Fertilization
The legislation would also increase penalties for those who cause the death of an unborn child without the consent of the mother.
The legislation would also increase penalties for those who cause the death of an unborn child without the consent of the mother.
An Alabama Supreme Court decision that established the personhood of frozen embryos drew praise from pro-life groups. The possible wider effects of the decision, meanwhile, remain shrouded in uncertainty.
COMMENTARY: The more we expel God from our hearts and from the center of our lives, the more miserable and dehumanized we become, and the blinder we become to the humanity of others.
Bishop Pfeifer also called on the faithful to pray to the Holy Spirit and encourage all pro-lifers — beginning with the bishops — to show more concern for women struggling with pregnancy problems.
‘Every child matters. Every woman matters. Every person matters,’ Father Schmitz stated.
State Catholic conferences have involved themselves in a variety of ways, and the U.S. bishops also have collectively identified some key issues of concern.
The state’s bishops said a media campaign sponsored by a pro-abortion lobby was ‘riddled with inaccurate facts and statistics.’
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