A truly just society affirms the moral equality of all human beings and provides the full protection of the law for all its members, regardless of gender, race, creed, age, size, wealth, or physical or mental attainments. It bestows a special protection on the weak and vulnerable and makes generous provisions for those in need and marginalised by society.
Without a doubt, the outstanding mark of today's world is violence. Violence between nations, violence between communities, violence against women, violence against children, and violence against the weak and the poor. The last decade has been the most violent decade in the world's history.
One of the greatest and worst violence today is one we hardly see because it is behind closed doors and largely kept out of the news. It is violence against the unborn human child. Abortion. The deliberate and direct premeditated killing of an innocent and defenseless human being. In the 20th century, the total number of deaths resulting from all the wars fought is only a fraction of the deaths by from abortion. Consider these figures: USA - 1.5 million abortions a year. India: 12 - 15 million abortions a year. Worldwide, an estimated 80-100 million abortions a year. And yet, in the so-called "civilized" world, abortion has become largely acceptable, and part of everyday life. As Pope John Paul II says, the world is embracing a culture of death.
The Right to Live Campaign is opposed to this violence and actively works to promote a culture of life protecting the sanctity and dignity of all human life. |
