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What does it mean to be "Pro-Life"?

We Catholics are thoroughly and unabashedly pro-life. We are pro-life because we believe life is sacred. We are pro-life because the Church teaches us that we humans are created in the image and likeness of God. 

For this reason,

• We are pro-preborn babies, pro-newborn babies, pro-woman, pro-child, pro-man, pro-elderly, pro-vulnerable, pro-human, and pro-creation! 
• We reject the shallow mantra of "pro-choice" which masks any thoughtful consideration of sexual intercourse, pregnancy, childbirth, or abortion. 
• We reject the unfinished thought of a woman's right to choose.... 
• We reject the fashionable claim of "reproductive rights" which has resulted in untold millions of abortions. 
• We reject violence and unnatural death in all its forms-abortion, terrorism, capital punishment, and euthanasia. 
• We embrace the fact that we humans procreate, not reproduce. Animals reproduce. Machines copy. Humans procreate. 
• We know that "life" and the future of the human community are sexually transmitted—by the wondrous design of our maker. 
• We are in awe of the power God invested in us: that we, imaging God's creativity, have the power to create new humans in God's image. 
• We embrace the fact that humans need to live in community, responsive to each other, caring for the young, the sick and the old, sharing their burdens and joys.