A Jesuit Speaks Out On Abortion

On the Washington Post website, no less.

I am trying very hard not to grumble about initials missing on his byline, but only because I don't want any readers to miss the fact that he is a Jesuit.  Of course, the title might be a good clue.  ("A Jesuit's Perspective on Abortion")

Here's a sample:

As a practicing physician licensed to care for pregnant women, I believe that abortions kill a living human being in the earliest stages of development. The moral question at hand is not if we are killing; it is whether the victims have any claims as persons or not. While the U.S. legal balance is at present skewed towards the denial of rights for the unborn, Catholics and many Evangelical Christians argue that both the mother and the unborn have rights. On a spiritual level, a woman seeking an abortion should recognize that exercising her “choice” will kill a vulnerable and defenseless human being. There is no doubt about this. There is also no doubt that an action can be legal and at the same time be wrong.

Read the entire article here.

Comments

[joe]

You should know that Wm. Blazek, SJ is not one of the Jesuits on our sidebar.

Think about it.

-J.

[Jeff Miller]

That is a great article.

[Karen]

I think so, too. I am grateful to John Brown, SJ for sending it to me. I should have said that. I owe his blog a plug.

http://www.companionofjesus.com/