More on the Bishops' Taking Pelosi To Task

Here is a good overview of the reactions of various bishops rightly pointing out that Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was flat wrong in telling the national media that the Catholic Church is uncertain about the point where life begins. The pro-abortionists like to repeatedly raise the mantra that we do not know when life begins. That is scientifically false. It is clear that life begins at fertilization. But, for the sake of argument, let us for the moment say that we are uncertain about the precise point when life begins. Common sense logic--not anything abstruse--still comes down on the side of no abortions at all. Here is the simple analysis that even a child can follow (but maybe not a politician with national ambitions in the Democratic Party):

1. Life is sacred. (If you are talking with an atheist, you can slightly alter this assertion as follows: Life is deserving of robust special protection.)

2. If there is doubt if life is present, resolve any doubts in favor of protecting life because life is sacred and deserving of robust special protection.

The rebuttable presumption is that life begins at fertilization. The burden of proof is on those who wish to abort to rebut that presumption. Since life is sacred and deserving of special protection, the burden of proof is not on the Church to prove that life does indeed begin at fertilization. Those who wish to risk taking life have the burden of proof. They must shoulder the burden of proving that there is no life present. They have not and cannot meet this burden of proving that life does not begin at fertilization. In fact, as the science of embryology makes use of new technological advances, the more precise and clearer evidence of early fetal development strengthens the presumption that life does begin at fertilization. Given this lack of proof that life does not begin at fertilization, pro-abortionists then turn to semantics and simply try to change the definition of life that is worthy of life. The Nazis took this same semantic approach when they labeled their alleged "racial and/or genetic inferiors" as life unworthy of life. The pro-abortionists are not in good company. They have made the American legal system follow a Nazi-like way of thinking about human life. What an irony that association is after all the sacrifices made to defeat the Nazis in World War II.

P.S. By the way, I have posted two comments responding to recent vigorous criticism of a prior post I wrote adding character and fortitude to the list of non-negotiable Catholic principles to be used in evaluating candidates. See this link and this link (you will have to click "comments").