I must say that I am still passionately pro-life, I just have a much more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception and end at birth, and that if I am going to discourage abortion, I had better be ready to adopt some babies and care for some mothers.
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The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose.
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Josh Smith: But specifically where you stand when it comes to rape, and should it be legal for a woman to get an abortion if she's -
Paul Ryan: Yeah, well, so I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea - the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.
Paul Ryan
