Mac Thornberry Quotes

I frankly don't care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God.

I'm a pro-life Roman Catholic conservative, always have been.

The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the convenience of a particular time like a rule at a country club as the Governor would have us believe.

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.

The Church must always be unambiguously pro life.

Thou shall not kill is as valid for the embryo as for individuals who are already born.

We acknowledge the diversity of deeply held convictions within our fellowship even as we seek to interpret the Scriptures under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Many American Baptists believe that, biblically, human life begins at conception, that abortion is immoral and a destruction of a human being created in God's image … Many others believe that while abortion is a regrettable reality, it can be a morally acceptable action and they choose to act on the biblical principles of compassion and justice … and freedom of will. … Many gradations of opinion between these basic positions have been expressed within our fellowship.

There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty.

If you really think abortion is murder, how can you carve out exceptions?

I believe that abortion is the taking of human life.

Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly cannot escape this dilemma by denying that it is fundamentally a moral issue, no matter what position one chooses.

No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny.

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

I have to certainly stand for life. I know that there are some who disagree, and I respect their point of view. But I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have on abortion is in that case - of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God.

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents.

A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.

I believe in the right to life.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy for that perspective and for the value of human life from its beginnings.

I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life.

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.