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Archdiocese condemns abortion drug The Chicago Archdiocese’s statement on RU-486: “Today, the legacy of our government’s rejection of fundamental
human dignity is again made clear in the FDA’s decision to sanction
a new method of killing our offspring. This decision further debases
our culture, the medical profession, and the inherent rights of
every human person created in the image and likeness of God. “This dangerous drug will be used not to cure or to heal, but
rather to intentionally kill an innocent and defenseless human
being, while at the same time risking serious harm and trauma
to the mother. The FDA cannot make the use of a lethal drug to
kill a human being morally legitimate by calling it ‘safe and
effective.’ “We call on doctors, nurses and pharmacists to renew their commitment
to protect human life, and to recall their serious personal obligation
to avoid any cooperation in morally evil acts. A drug-induced
abortion is no less heinous than those employing suction and scraping,
saline poisoning, dismemberment, partial-birth abortion, or infanticide.
As the Second Vatican Council affirmed, such crimes dishonor God
and poison human society, and those who participate in them do
more harm to themselves than to their victims. “We deny our duties to the unborn and trample on their humanity at our own peril. In this year when even partial-birth abortion was declared ‘protected’ by the Constitution, the question becomes increasingly urgent: how much more state-sanctioned killing and callous indifference to life can our society withstand?” —Nora O’Callaghan, director, Respect Life Office
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