Pandora, the church respects life at conception and in the womb.  The church respects the process of death.  But inbetween, the experiences and growth and faith of our children is not as important as the pseudodeification of our clergy. And the number of ...."even priests" complicit is many, the number of bishops legion. It is a preposterous leap to argue otherwise until someone is held accountable.  Still waiting for my church to find its own faith and courage on this issue, but so far we are lawyered up because there could be no other way (and yes, that is sarcasm).