"All children, born and unborn, are created in the image of God, whether they are from Aleppo, Syria or Birmingham, Alabama."

"Our faith calls us to affirm the sacred dignity of all life. This is why our Church defends life in the womb, the undocumented immigrant and the inmate on death row."

The latter two groups are matters for prudential judgement. On the first, life in the womb, there is no "justification".