Wellington Mara Quotes

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.

There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I believe in the sanctity of human life, from the womb to the tomb.

The 'life' in 'pro-life' denotes not the quality of life, but life itself.

It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations.

Life is sacred to me on all levels. Abortion does not compute with my philosophy.

No reasonable person denies that fetal life is life.

Abortion opponents make up in passion what they lack in numbers.

I firmly believe in the sanctity of life.

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

. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime of destroying human life and certainly to be condemned.

As a physician, I know that human life begins with fertilization, and I remain committed to ending abortion in all stages of pregnancy. I will continue to fight this atrocity on behalf of the unborn, and I hope my colleagues will support me in doing so.

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

We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

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.

As I said, I believe life starts at conception.

All human beings have a right to life. Our unborn children are members of the human race. They're human beings, so they have a right to life.