Pro-Life

Church Documents

Abortion/Respect Life

The Distinction Between Direct Abortion and Legitimate Medical Procedures. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. June 23, 2010

A Matter of the Heart-A Statement of the Thirtieth Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2002

Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2001

Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life , Pontifical Council for the Family . February 12, 1997

Light and Shadows: Our Nation 25 Years After Roe v. Wade, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997

Faithful for Life: A Moral Reflection, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1995

Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life, Pope John Paul II, 1995

Veritatis Splendor: The Splendor of the Truth, Pope John Paul II, 1993

Resolution on Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1989

Donum Vitae: Instruction on Respect for Human Life, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1987

Declaration on Procured Abortion, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1974

Statement on Responsibilities of Catholics in Public Life, March 10, 2006, USCCB Committee on Pro Life Activities.

Cloning

Intervention by the Holy See Delegation before the 6th Committee at the United Nations International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings, October 21, 2004

Intervention by the Holy See Delegation at the United Nations International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings, September 30, 2003

Intervention by the Holy See Delegation at the Special Committee of the 57th General Assembly of the United Nations on Human Embryonic Cloning, September 23, 2002

The Views of the Holy See on Human Cloning, Statement of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, 2002

Reflections on Cloning, Pontifical Academy for Life, 1997

"Emergency Contraception"

Statement on the so-called "morning-after pill", Pontifical Academy for Life, October 31, 2000

Euthanasia

Address of John Paul II to the Participants in the International Congress on Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State, March 20, 2004

Statement on Euthanasia, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Administrative Committee, 1991

Declaration on Euthanasia, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1980

Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections, USCCB, Committee for Pro-Life Activities, 1992

Responsible Parenthood

Humanae Vitae: On the Regulation of Births, Pope Paul VI, 1968

Stem Cell Research

Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Pontifical Academy for Life, August 25, 2000

Practical Problems with Embryonic Stem Cells

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