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Abortion
Catholics believe that only God can create life and that from the moment of conception he gives each human being a unique, unrepeatable, and immortal soul. The latest scientific advancements support the fact that human life begins at conception. This understanding leads Catholics to defend all life from the moment of conception until natural death.
Jeremiah 1:4-5Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations” |  |
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Luke 1:39-44In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy (emphases added). | |
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