My alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, released an Institutional Statement Supporting the Choice for Life on 8 April 2010:
Consistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church on such issues as abortion, research involving human embryos, euthanasia, the death penalty, and other related life issues, the University of Notre Dame recognizes and upholds the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.
Although this brief statement is fine as far as it goes, one might question the wording of the title. Why “the choice for life” rather than, say, “the defence of life”?
August 26th, 2010 | 11:19 pm | #1
In simply affirming “the sanctity of human life,” they leave themselves a lot of wiggle room. Some would affirm the sanctity of places of worship–without intending this as a denial that the place of worship can be, in certain circumstances, appropriately sold or destroyed.
Too often people use the terms “sanctity” and “dignity” as if they settled the tough questions, as if it were clear what is implied by these terms, and what sort of actions they limit.
August 27th, 2010 | 12:27 pm | #2
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