Complicity in abortion – Peter Micallef-Eynaud
Abortion is the murder of one human being by another. It is the systematic sacrifice of unwanted babies on a massive scale. St Pio of Pietralcina (Padre Pio) had emphasised that abortion is murder twice over – that of the baby and that of humanity. Abortion is, probably, the ultimate insult that a human person can inflict on God, trashing the wonderfully knit body of His creature and robbing that new person of an earthly life, thwarting God’s plan for that child. “The deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human being of his/her life is always morally evil and can never be licit, either as an end in itself or as a means to a good end” (Evangelium Vitae 57). The realm of truth is immovable and immutable, delineated by a sharp demarcation line. The rest is lies and deceit. White or black. There is no grey area. Contemplate the horrendous injustice of it all. A pregnant woman petitions a doctor to abort her pregnancy. The doctor humiliates himself and his calling by hiding behind the “her choice” fig leaf. He becomes judge and executioner, serving the death sentence on that innocent person in the womb who has been denied recognition and, therefore, defence, executing a most...