(Comments made by Fr. Mark Ivany during his homily on January 24, 2011 in Washington, D.C.)
“I was watching a show about seals. It was a very well done show that followed a group of scientists on the West Coast who were doing a study on a particular group of seals. During their work they discovered that one of the seals was badly injured, and when they examined her more closely, they realized that she was also pregnant, and not only was she pregnant, but she was very far along in her pregnancy, so far along that the scientists were almost certain that the baby seals would be able to survive outside their mother’s womb, but after further tests they all agreed that there was no way to save the life of the mother, and that if she were to die, her babies would die with her. So they did an emergency operation and saved the lives of all the unborn baby seals. None of the scientists questioned what the mother seal’s “choice” was, they didn’t ask if the unborn baby seals had a “right” to live. No, they just used their common sense and did the right thing. They protected life. Human beings instinctively want to save life, but how then in our country could there be so many who are not pro-life?”
Good question, Father!
