{"id":19470,"date":"2023-09-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/?p=19470"},"modified":"2023-12-20T16:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:39:53","slug":"mexican-bishops-respond-to-pro-abortion-ruling-by-supreme-court-every-life-has-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/mexican-bishops-respond-to-pro-abortion-ruling-by-supreme-court-every-life-has-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican bishops respond to pro-abortion ruling by Supreme Court: Every life has worth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mexican Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEM) spoke out about the recent pro-abortion ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), insisting that \u201call human life, from conception to natural death, has worth regardless of its conditions and eventualities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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In a statement posted Sept. 7 on X, the bishops addressed the Sept. 6 ruling of the First Chamber of the SCJN<\/a>, which declared \u201cunconstitutional the legal system that criminalizes abortion in the Federal Penal Code.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SCJN ruled in favor of the feminist organization Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE), which had challenged the constitutionality of the sections of the code that criminalize abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mexican bishops pointed out that the Supreme Court\u2019s decision \u201cdoes not constitute a general declaration of invalidity of the articles that prohibit abortion in the Federal Penal Code, since they remain in force for the rest of the population; nor does it represent an obligation for the [state legislatures] to rush to decriminalize abortion in their respective penal codes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut it does make evident a social reality that we must understand as pastors and attend to with due diligence,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prelates warned that society cannot \u201cwash its hands by eliminating the weakest, the nascent person.\u201d In addition, they called for \u201ccreating the best conditions to welcome life and not throw it away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the CEM, induced abortion, when decriminalized, \u201cnormalizes the throwaway culture and leaves the authorities and society as a whole without responsibility for the care and protection of all human life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the bishops, the \u201cconception and birth of a new life represent a good whose value is infinite.\u201d They therefore emphasized that \u201cits care and protection is not a responsibility that concerns only the pregnant woman but society as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would be deplorable to institutionalize violence against the weak with the permission of the law,\u201d they stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To counteract this, solidarity and subsidiary aid is required \u201cto families, single mothers, orphaned and\/or abandoned boys and girls; of comprehensive affective sex education and the search for responsible parenting exercises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bishops noted that \u201cthere are attenuating factors\u201d for the criminalization of abortion \u201cwithout this implying the legalization\u201d of this practice nor \u201cthe denial of its gravity, nor, even less, the vindication of its legality. Induced abortion will never be a moral or legitimate option.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOtherwise, the legalization of induced abortion means the recognition that  state and organized civil society can do nothing at all in the face of the causes that lead women to consider abortion as a solution without addressing what is the real problem,\u201d the bishops explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the CEM pointed out that \u201cfaith helps us look more deeply at the terrible drama of abortion,\u201d which is why it encourages Catholics to \u201cproclaim before everyone the greatness and dignity of every man, whose life is a gift of God; a gift that requires being welcomed and protected in all its forms just as Jesus Christ has taught us, who is the way, truth, and life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mexican Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEM) spoke out about the recent pro-abortion ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), insisting that \u201call human life, from conception to natural death, has worth regardless of its conditions and eventualities.\u201d In a statement posted Sept. 7 on X, the bishops addressed the Sept. 6 ruling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1406],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMexican bishops respond to pro-abortion ruling by Supreme Court: Every life has worth -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"#iamTodaysCatholic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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