At 01:10 PM 6/18/01 +1000 Brett Coster wrote:
>Why it is that hard core "right to lifers" also seem to fall into the group
>most opposed to open sex education for children has always confused and
>angered me. If anything, they should be out there promoting sex education,
>with all options from celibacy on up, and particularly sex health to cut
>down on the number of unwanted pregnancies.
"All" is a very harsh term.
The short answer, however, is that the Catholic Church teaches that both
abortion and artificial conception are immoral and against God's plan for
humanity. The Catholic Church teaches this not out of any sort of
practicality, but because they earnestly believe it to be the truth.
JDG
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"Compassionate conservatism is the way to reconcile the two most vital
conservative intellectual traditions: libertarianism & Catholic social
thought."
-Michael Gerson, advisor to George W. Bush
