Musket says: So... If, as Joe says, some Catholics are cool about termination of pregnancy, has the stance of life from conception been altered? When does Catholic life begin nowadays? Has Jesus ratified it?

You're still arguing from absolutes, Musket. Haven't you ever heard of the "lesser of two evils" concept? It goes back a long, long way in Catholic moral theology. If confronted with two bad choices, one takes the choice that does the least harm.

Catholic teaching is very clear that life begins at conception, and that the taking of a life is an objective evil. But when faced with an impossible situation, sometimes the "objective evil" is the correct moral choice.

-Joe Offer-