Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All

Who deserves human rights? The answer to this question defines our character as individuals and as nations. This book is rooted in my conviction that we must stand against all forms of dehumanization and actively seek to rehumanize victims of violence. We must work to create a world where every human is respected in the culture, valued throughout their life in society, and protected in the law from all forms of violence. “A ‘Consistent Life Ethic’ is a concept that many have never heard about or considered, and if for no other reason this new book is a vital contribution to the public discourse. My work is to stop executions, and I always delight in the fact that opposition to capital punishment often unites people diametrically opposed to each others' positions on other ‘life’ issues. Aimee Murphy's book will help us all understand each other better, even if we are unwilling to adopt the ‘consistent life ethic’ on some of the life issues thoroughly examined herein.”- Abraham J. Bonowitz, co-Founder & director, Death Penalty Action “Thorough and engaging, Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All is fantastic. Aimee’s passion and zest for life jumps through the pages and calls readers to action to make positive change in our broken world.” - Catherine Glenn Foster, president & CEO of Americans United for Life “When you hear the words ‘pro-life,’ do you immediately think of a white male Republican legislator who is weirdly obsessed with sexual politics? Then you should meet Aimee Murphy, the badass, blue-haired, queer, Latina, disabled leader of the new pro-life generation. Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All shows in plain and powerful prose the freedom and confidence that come from embracing life ― life, plain and simple! Life for every living being, full stop, no exceptions, no backing down. Buy a copy for everyone you know.” - Tim Wainwright, co-founder of Catholics for Social Action “Aimee Murphy brings passion and honesty to this review of violence in our culture and politics, and how we can resist it by upholding a consistent ethic of life and respecting the dignity of all human beings. Let’s hope many hear and answer her call to counter violence with ‘connection, community, and rehumanization.’” - Kim Daniels, co-director of the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life If, like me, you've found yourself diving deeper in recent years to issues of justice, human life and dignity, and the principles of nonviolence, Aimee's primer on the Consistent Life Ethic will no doubt be a convicting read. Transcending partisan politics and hyper-individualism, this book encourages us to examine our individual and collective consciences. Read it. Consider it. Wrestle with it. Discuss it. Let it strengthen your resolve to be your brother's and your sister's keeper. - Kevin Heider, singer/songwriter and host of the “Song & Story” podcast “The great tragedy of our time has been the seduction of so many in the prolife movement into a false political agenda that pits the unborn against, rather than relates them to, all the other forms of human life God has made in his image and likeness. Aimee Murphy calls us back to the sanity of the Consistent Ethic of Life that the authentic gospel has always proclaimed. Thanks be to God for her work!” – Mark P. Shea, author of The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching “One of, if not the, best and most comprehensive writings on the Consistent Life Ethic to date. Aimee makes intellectual, yet easy-to-understand arguments. Thoroughly researched with fresh takes, both novices and veterans of the Consistent Life Ethic will benefit greatly from this book!”- Christina (Christy) Yao Pelliccioni, president of the Consistent Life Network Read more