Abortions Based on Gender

England: Two medical doctors have raised a storm of controversy for performing abortions of female fetuses because the parents wanted boys. A group of Christian lawyers plans to file a lawsuit … A spokesperson for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales said: "People are right to be outraged that some parents are seeking to use abortion as a means of gender selection. It is the worst form of discrimination to kill a baby because she is the 'wrong' gender."

Sanger: Founder of Planned Parenthood

"We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members …"

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USCCB: On Same Sex Marriage

  1. The natural structure of human sexuality makes man and woman complementary partners for the transmission of human life. Only a union of male and female can express the sexual complementarity willed by God for marriage.
  2. It is not unjust to deny legal status to same-sex unions because marriage and same-sex unions are essentially different realities. In fact, justice requires society to do so.

Immigration: Theological Principles

The U.S. bishops have taken the Gospel teachings and the teachings of the Popes and applied it to the immigration reality in the United States … In that document, the U.S. bishops articulated the following five principles that govern how the Church responds to public policy proposals relating to immigration.

  1. Persons have the right to find opportunities in their homeland.
  2. Persons have the right to migrate to support themselves and their families.
  3. Sovereign nations have a right to control their borders.
  4. Refugees and asylum seekers should be afforded protection.
  5. The human rights and the human dignity of migrants should be respected.

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