{"id":47906,"date":"2023-03-07T04:29:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T04:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/?page_id=47906"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:07:25","slug":"abortion-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/abortion\/abortion-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/pathologies-overview\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Abortion <span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c<\/span>Rights<span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201d<\/span>?<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span>\u201c<strong>Abortion\u2026cannot be a human right<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 it is the very opposite.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070907_hofburg-wien.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>\u201cThe\u00a0<\/span><strong>inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual<\/strong><span>\u00a0is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation\u2026from the moment of conception\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">What About Catholic Politicians\u2019 \u201cPrivately Against\u2026\u201d?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span>\u201cHow long will you straddle the issue?\u201d (1 Kings 18:21)<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>On the question, is abortion a human right, politicians, particularly Catholic politicians, have clear, resounding guidance from the Magisterium. Life is a right. Abortion is not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>\u201cCatholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave responsibility before society,\u00a0<\/span><strong>must feel particularly bound<\/strong><span>\u2026<\/span><strong>to introduce and support laws<\/strong><span>\u00a0inspired by values grounded in human nature.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Sacramentum Caritatis, 231)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPoliticians and legislators\u2026as\u00a0<\/span><strong>servants of the common good<\/strong><span>, are<\/span><strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>duty bound to defend<\/strong><span>\u00a0the fundamental\u00a0<\/span><strong>right to life<\/strong><span>\u201c.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2005\/december\/documents\/hf_ben_xvi_spe_20051203_family-america-latina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThose who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to\u00a0<\/span><strong>defend the lives of the innocent<\/strong><span>\u2026in the first place infants hidden in the mother\u2019s womb.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 67)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/United-States-congressmen-and-women-gathered-in-the-Hall-of-Representatives-to-deliberate.jpg\" alt=\"Catholic politicians cannot support the claim that abortion is a right.\" title=\"United States congressmen and women gathered in the Hall of Representatives to deliberate\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThe life of each is equally sacred, and <strong>no one has the power<\/strong>, not even the public authority, <strong>to destroy it<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Pius XI, 64<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Congresswoman-Nancy-Pelosi-speaks-about-the-Womens-Health-Protection-Act-which-would-legalize-abortion-under-federal-law.jpg\" alt=\"Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, the President, all lawmakers and enforcers cannot support grave offenses against life, like abortion.\" title=\"Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi speaks about the Women&#039;s Health Protection Act which would legalize abortion under federal law\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Law and the Legislator<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>There are can be no abortion \"rights\" as they contradict the right to life, itself! \u201cThese <strong>human rights [do not] depend on<\/strong>\u00a0nor do they represent a concession made by\u00a0<strong>society and the state<\/strong>; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person.\u201d\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2273)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law is not obliged to sanction everything, but i<strong>t cannot act contrary to a law which is deeper<\/strong>\u00a0and more majestic than any human law\u201d.\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Declaration on Procured Abortion, 21)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is \u201c<strong>never licit\u2026take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law<\/strong>\u00a0or vote for it\u201d.\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 73)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appeal to political leaders\u00a0<strong>not to allow children to be considered as a form of illness<\/strong>, nor to abolish in practice your legal system\u2019s acknowledgment that abortion is wrong. I say this out of a concern for humanity.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070907_hofburg-wien.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>[N]o one can ever renounce this responsibility<\/strong>, especially when he or she has a legislative or decision-making mandate\u201d.\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Evangelium Vitae, 90)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hose who are not in the community <strong>cannot take Communion<\/strong>\u2026they are out of the community, excommunicated, they are \u2018excommunicated'\u201d.\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/248994\/full-text-pope-francis-in-flight-press-conference-from-slovakia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cTo claim <strong>the right to abortion<\/strong>, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law\u2026This <strong>is a death of true freedom<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope St. John Paul II<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/should-abortion-be-legal-landing-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should Abortion be Legal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/abortion\/is-abortion-my-choice-landing-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is Abortion My Choice?<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2023\/05\/pope-francis-on-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis on Abortion<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2024\/07\/abortion-quotes-from-the-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quotes on Abortion from the Church<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2023\/01\/consistent-teaching-what-is-pro-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is to be Pro-Life?<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child 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