{ 1 } - Revealed norms may sometimes be the same as rational norms.
{ 2 } - Abortion is an evil not only because it violates human rights, but also because it deprives the child of baptism, and deprives the mother of cooperating with the Creator in bringing forth a new person for the kingdom of heaven.
{ 3 } - Because original and historic sin have greatly disturbed objective moral reasoning, God has revealed moral norms that are valid for all people and all time.
{ 4 } - Although obscured by sin, human reason remains able to arrive at objective moral truth.
{ 5 } - God sometimes reveals rational norms in order to help us to understand them correctly, free of the confusion wrought by sin.
{ 6 } - No one can judge by reason or faith whether an action such as abortion or euthanasia is right or wrong.
{ 7 } - Catholics in public policy should appeal only to rational moral norms, which are common ground for nonbelievers and believers of any faith.
{ 8 } - Our goal of eternal life with God so exceeds our natural goals that we cannot attain it without God's help and guidance.

On the contrary, Catholic teaching holds that such actions can be judged as evil by both reason and faith.