Educational Resource
The Catholic Church is a Pro-Life Church
All persons, not just Catholics, can know from scientific and medical evidence that what grows in a mother’s womb is a new, distinct human being. All persons can understand that each human being merits respect. At the very least, respecting human life excludes the deliberate and direct destruction of life.
Throughout her rich tradition, the Catholic Church has always been pro-life. As Saint John Paul II reminded us, we believe that "all human life is sacred, for it is created in the image and likeness of God." Aborting an unborn child destroys a precious human life which God has called uniquely into existence.