Editor’s note. This statement was sent out Wednesday from Kat Talalas who is with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities. The Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments in “June Medical Services v. Russo,” a challenge to a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.
Women, their bodies, and their babies are immeasurably valuable. The violent act of abortion not only destroys the lives of unborn children, but often severely harms women’s physical, psychological, and spiritual health. Louisiana is right to prioritize women over abortion industry profits.
All states, not only Louisiana, have a strong interest in regulating a procedure which is lethal to children and immensely damaging to women. It adds insult to injury, and speaks to the callousness of the abortion industry, that providers are seeking to overturn basic, standard protections for women seeking this life-altering procedure.
The Catholic Church encourages all people of faith to pray about the outcome to this very important case. We also ask all to pray for the women who are compelled to seek abortion: that they may find alternatives that value their health and well-being, and the lives of their precious children.”
The USCCB filed a joint amicus curie brief in the case along with the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals urging the Supreme Court to uphold the law. The brief can be viewed here.