Catechism of the Catholic Church

Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person-among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life. (1703, 357) > Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you. > My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.