id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195812 Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Statement on abortion. 1970 .txt text/plain 734 27 56 Once we allow the taking of innocent human life in the earliest stages of its development for the sake of convenience, how can we logically protect human life at any other point, once that life becomes a burden? We remain convinced that human life is a priceless gift, and our pastoral duty prompts us to reaffirm that God, the Lord of life, has conferred on men the surpassing ministry of safeguarding life, a ministry which must be fulfilled in a manner which is worthy of man. cache/_005195812.txt txt/_005195812.txt