Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Chair of DNC ) Says Children in the Womb are Not Persons

Debbie Wasserman Shultz, Congresswoman from Florida and Chair of the Democratic National Committee, recently told CNS News that calling the child a person is an extremist position. "For the vast majority of Americans, including people on both sides of the abortion issue, this is an extreme and radical step." She further alleged it was a "divisive, dangerous, and destructive" attack on women.

As I read her words I recalled a statement issued by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on September 8, 2008, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary called "The Dignity of a Person".

This defense of the dignity of every single human life from the moment of conception until natural death should be read by all who work to stop the killing of children in the womb by intentional abortion.

As is the custom with "magisterial" documents of the Catholic Church, the title of this instruction was taken from the first line, "The dignity of a person must be recognized in every human being from conception to natural death".

All Catholic Christians should read this well written teaching document. It is a "doctrinal" statement of the ordinary magisterium (teaching office) and must be given the full assent of our intellect and will.

However, the document is not only for Catholics, other Christians or even just people of faith. It is addressed to "all who seek the truth". It presents the truth by drawing upon the "light both of reason and faith and seeks to set forth an integral vision of man and his vocation".

Full story at Catholic Online.