John Paul II

About the author: John Paul II is the pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

Abortion cannot be justified under any circumstance because it constitutes the killing of an innocent human being at the very beginning of life. Pro-choice activists attempt to defend abortion by claiming that an unborn baby cannot be considered a person. However, modern science has clearly confirmed that human life begins at the moment of fertilization. Furthermore, the mere probability that a human embryo constitutes a human life warrants the complete prohibition of abortion. Abortion should be recognized for what it is: the murder of a sacred human life.

"Your eyes beheld my unformed substance" (Ps. 139:16): the unspeakable crime of abortion.

Among all the crimes which can be committed against life, procured abortion has characteristics making it particularly serious and...