resulting fetus is not a Person according to the Catholic Church's Magisterium view as acknowledged by Pope Francis when he said just recently....
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On abortion, I can tell you these things, which I’ve said before. In any book of embryology it is said that shortly before one month after conception the organs and the DNA are already delineated in the tiny fetus, before the mother even becomes aware. Therefore, there is a living human being. I DO NOT SAY A PERSON, because this is debated, but a living human being. And I raise two questions: Is it right to get rid of a human being to resolve a problem? Second question: Is it right to hire a “hit man” to resolve a problem? The problem arises when this reality of killing a human being is transformed into a political question, or when a pastor of the church uses political categories. (emphasis mine)
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Note that I've attached a commentary by someone who attempts to deflect from the Pope's statement...btw, it was originally brought up by 'Hensou' who believes that it changes the understanding of what he said...as this ending paragraph shows, it doesn't....the Pope's words are still the same today as they've been before...the fetus is not a person...
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'What does all of this mean? Well, for one thing, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE MAGISTERIUM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT THERE IS A DEBATE ABOUT PERSONHOOD. It is also clear that the Church has not always considered the life of a human person to begin at conception, nor has the Church definitively taught this. That said, the Church has always regarded abortion to be evil from the moment of conception. More recently, the Church has pushed back against the idea that “delayed personhood” is relevant to its position on the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception. It has taught instead that life, from the moment of conception should be treated and respected as a human person. And in this, Pope Francis has always been in line with Catholic Tradition. (emphasis mine)
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The raw fact of the matter is that in cases of rape where pregnancy results, the woman (A PERSON) is violently assaulted and a new human life begins...but it is not yet in fact a person. The woman is left with a choice which only she can make...take the pregnancy to term, or not...as Pope Francis goes on to say, it is not simply a civil matter, but a pastoral one. My reading is that the STATE has no say in this and that the woman needs to seek guidance from her Pastor, Doctor and Family for guidance in making that choice....and abortion is absolutely an option since it represents JUSTICE for the Non Consenting Victim...the only PERSON in this scenario...the WOMAN. This situation is important because of its clarity...all others are variations of the underlying problem...UN-WANTED PREGNANCIES.
I've stated multiple times that my personal goal...along with that of many, many others...is to put all efforts into dramatically reducing the occurrences of "Un-Wanted" pregnancies so that abortions are selected less often...you should know by now what those efforts entail.
Link: https://wherepeteris.com/pope-francis-and-the-personhood-debate/