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QUOTE: America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v.
Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has
pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown
violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships. It
has aggravated the derogation of the father’s role in an increasingly
fatherless society. It has portrayed the greatest of gifts—a child—as a
competitor, an intrusion, and an inconvenience.
[Mother Teresa, in her amicus brief filed before
the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases of Loce v. New Jersey and Krail et al.
v. New Jersey in February 1994.]
AUTHOR: Mother Teresa of Calcutta (August 26, 1910 –
September 5, 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was an Albanian-born Indian
citizen, Roman Catholic Nun, and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C., commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5
September 1997), was an Albanian born, Indian Roman Catholic Religious Sister.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of
Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of
over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes
for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; children's
and family counseling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members of the order
must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow,
to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor".
Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous
honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In late 2003, she was beatified,
the third step toward possible sainthood, giving her the title "Blessed
Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle credited to her intercession is
required before she can be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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