(National Catholic Register) — October is Respect Life Month, and Oct. 6 is Respect Life Sunday.
In anticipation of both, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities published a statement in which he soberly stated:
“We thankfully no longer live under the regime of Roe v. Wade, and our elected officials are now empowered to reduce or end abortion. But what we now see is that fifty years of virtually unlimited abortion has tragically created a national mindset where many Americans have become comfortable with some amount of abortion. This allows the abortion industry to continue to provide any amount of abortion. Given this challenge, the U.S. bishops have affirmed that, while it is important to address all the ways in which human life is threatened, ‘abortion remains our pre-eminent priority as it directly attacks our most vulnerable brothers and sisters, destroying more than a million lives each year in our country alone.’”
