"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you."  – Jeremiah 1:5

"[L]ife is the first good received from God and is fundamental to all others; to guarantee the right to life for all and in an equal manner for all is the duty upon which the future of humanity depends."  – Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the Participants in the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life (February 24, 2007)