ROME, Oct 12 (LSN.ca) – A new Vatican document prepared by the Pontifical Council for the Family for the Jubilee of Families to be celebrated this weekend in Rome includes “legislators who have promoted and approved abortion laws” as bearing “responsibility” for the “abominable crime” of abortion – which the document describes as “murder”. The document provides the twelve themes for reflection and dialogue for the “Third World Meeting Of The Holy Father With Families” which is being billed “Children, Springtime Of The Family And Society.” The Pontifical Council for the Family headed by Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo noted of the document that “the content proposes in a brief and synthetic way, some fundamental themes of Church teaching drawn from the more recent documents, especially from the Second Vatican Council and John Paul II’s Papacy.”
In addition to pro-abortion legislators and abortionists and their aides the document notes that abortionists, other family members, mothers who procure abortions, and groups that campaign for abortion share responsibility. Regarding mothers, the document says, while the situation may be tragic, “Nonetheless, no motives, no matter how serious or dramatic, can ever justify the deliberate killing of an innocent human life.” Fathers are also mentioned: “the father of the child may be to blame, not only when he directly pressures the woman to have an abortion, but also when he leaves her alone to face the problems of pregnancy.” Also sharing blame are the wider family circle and friends when they exert pressure to abort.
In an obvious reference to the United Nations among other international agencies, the document says “A general and no less serious responsibility lies with international institutions, foundations and associations which systematically campaign for the legalization and spread of abortion in the world.” The document takes on the UN language used to hide the murderous nature of abortion, calling it “interruption of pregnancy.” With regard to this attempted manipulation of public opinion “the reproach of the Prophet is extremely straightforward: ‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness’,” says the document.
It says prenatal testing, “if it respects the life and integrity of the embryo and the human fetus and is directed towards its safeguarding or healing as an individual, is morally licit. On the other hand, it is gravely opposed to the moral law when it is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion depending on the results.” The document also discusses “contraception and ‘abortifacient contraceptives’” noting the “close connection which exists, in mentality, between the practice of contraception and that of abortion is becoming increasingly obvious.” In addressing artificial procreation or fertilization the document describes them as creating “new attacks against life.” It says that “Besides being ethically unacceptable, in that they separate procreation from the unitive sense of the conjugal act, these techniques have a high percentage of ‘failure’.”
For the complete Vatican document see: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/family/documents/rc_pc_family_doc_20001014_rome-jubilee-of-families-preparatory-texts_en.html