 20 weeks after conception |
"Human Life is sacred because from its beginning
it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in
a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God
alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one
can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly
to destroy an innocent human being."
a) Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith, Instruction, Donum Vitae, introduction 5. |
From conception to natural death, life is sacred
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Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and
before you were born I consecrated you."
Jer 1:5; cf. Job 10:8-12; Ps 22:10-11.
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Human life must be respected and protected absolutely
from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence,
a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person
- among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum
vitae, I,I. |
My frame was not hidden from you when I was being
made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.
Ps 139:15. |