If we can accept that God loves us as we are, that we are worthy of love at any size, is it wrong to also desire to be thinner and to take steps to reach that goal?
Thousands of pro-life advocates gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, 2021, in conjunction with oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization abortion case. / Katie Yoder/CNA
Denver Newsroom, May 3, 2022 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Pro-life advocates have condemned the leak of a draft opinion in a U.S. Supreme Court case that would overturn Roe v. Wade, while also looking forward to such a decision being made.
“I hope it is true. I hope the majority of the court did decide to overturn Roe v. Wade. I also thought that it was a tragedy that there was a leak of the draft decision. A leak is not good for the Supreme Court. It was irresponsible and an ethical violation to make such a leak. It compromises the integrity of the court,” Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas told CNA May 3.
Similarly, Dr. Melissa Moschella, an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America, commented tha
Photomicrograph of a human zygote with two pronuclei, 20x magnification. / Vladimir Staykov/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2022 / 11:08 am (CNA).After repeated, recent statements by U.S. President Joe Biden that he does not believe human life begins at the moment of conception, or characterizing such a belief as a matter of faith, scientists and doctors have pointed out that this belief can be arrived at through natural reason -science - alone.What has Biden said about the beginning of human life? On March 2, EWTN Correspondent Owen Jensen asked Biden, "Why do you support abortion as a Catholic, defying Church teaching?""I don t want to get into a debate with you about theology," Biden responded, adding, "I m not going to make a judgment for other people."And in September 2021, Biden had said, "I respect those who believe life begins at the moment of conception. I don t agree, but I respect that. I m not going to impose that on people.&