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dissenter had to say about that...(from a "Where Peter is" columnist...

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Note however, that both the encyclical and the instruction call for the child in the womb “to be respected” as a person from the moment of conception, without definitively teaching that the embryo is a person. Donum Vitae mentions the personhood debate later in the section, stating, “This Congregation is aware of the current debates concerning the beginning of human life, concerning the individuality of the human being and concerning the identity of the human person.” Donum Vitae then quotes from the 1974 CDF document and adds the conclusion, “The Magisterium has not expressly committed itself to an affirmation of a philosophical nature, but it constantly reaffirms the moral condemnation of any kind of procured abortion. This teaching has not been changed and is unchangeable.”

In 2008, this point was again reiterated by the CDF, then led by Cardinal William Levada under Pope Benedict XVI. In the document Dignitas Personae, the Congregation stated, “If Donum vitae, in order to avoid a statement of an explicitly philosophical nature, did not define the embryo as a person, it nonetheless did indicate that there is an intrinsic connection between the ontological dimension and the specific value of every human life” (5).

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.
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So, why hasn't the RCC "Definitively" taught that Personhood begins at Conception?...Well here are a few thoughts...
>The majority (estimates of 60+%) of 'Conceptions' never reach birth...irrespective of the abortion issue. There are cases where the embryo never implants at all...and others where 'Miscarriages' occur...what is the RCC to do about that? You probably remember the therm "Limbo" from back in your childhood...that did not last very long.
>There are no RCC rites or record keepings of miscarriages or failures to implant...implying a lack of "Personhood" recognition.

And here's my take...just as the RCC Catechism sanctions the killing of persons in "Just Wars", after employing rigorous "Prudential Judgement" (that term is actually in the Catechism for that topic (Par. 2309 I believe)...similar means of 'Justice' needs to be afforded to former Female Babies, who are now old enough to reproduce, but are either Forced or Coerced into pregnancies they NEVER wanted. In my mind, Prudential Judgement allows such victims the option of continuing the pregnancy, or halting it.

So, I'll ask you, since no one else has answered the question..."Just because a Woman CAN reproduce...MUST she under ANY and ALL conditions, including Rape and Coercion?"...Another simple question for you...Yes, or No?