Legalization of Abortion in the Phils Rejected

Thank God, the legalization of abortion in the Philippines was rejected.
We now have moral suasion coming from the top post, who is setting a good example.

We are talking here of induced abortion. If it is legalized, it is immoral.
A fertilized egg has already life in it.So, if aborted it means murder!

Exodus 20:13
"You shall not murder."
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/mb/20100807/tph-legalization-of-abortion-rejected-020e1c8.html

Below is a reflection of Fr. Steve Tynan on the "Precious Gift of Life" as published in the Kerygma Family:

The readings for today speak of how seeds grow into shrubs or trees. The same is true for the seed of life from which each human being begins. We celebrate today the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary. It is difficult to discern any greater gift we can give to a person than the gift of life itself, yet we seem to be living in a world that no longer upholds the sanctity of this gift. More and more each day, we discover the degree to which the utilitarian concept of the human person has taken over the way we think as a society.
The debate between abortionists and pro-lifers continues. Is an embryo just an amorphous mass of cells or actually a human life? The problem is that it is never simply an indeterminate mass of cells. From the very beginning, the gametes carry the genetic programming from which a new human life can develop. The only sensible and defensible position to take is to say that human life is there right from the start and thus we must treat any embryo with the same degree of respect that we give to any human being that is born into the world. If we lose this fundamental respect for life, it will not be long before society implodes on itself in an ever growing spiral of self-absorption.
It is precisely here that we begin to close in on the heart of the matter. We become more obsessed with our own concerns and comfort that we are less willing to sacrifice for the good of another person, even our own offspring. A child now would be an added burden to our finances — a cry that is often heard in justifying abortion. It may be true that another child is a financial burden to the family; well then, it is time to be more sexually responsible by abstaining from sex when there is a high likelihood of pregnancy.Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL