Elder Boyd K. Packer said in October 2010 general conference:

"To be entrusted with the power to create life carries with it the greatest of joys and dangerous temptations. The gift of mortal life and the capacity to kindle other lives is a supernal blessing. Through the righteous exercise of this power, as in nothing else, we may come close to our Father in Heaven and experience a fullness of joy. This power is not an incidental part of the plan of happiness. It is the key - the very key...Regardless of the opposition, we are determined to stay on course. We will hold to the principles and laws and ordinances of the gospel. If they are misunderstood either innocently or willfully, so be it. We cannot change; we will not change the moral standard. We quickly lose our way when we disobey the laws of God. If we do not protect and foster the family, civilization and our liberties must needs perish...History demonstrates over and over again that moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot. To legalize that which is basically wrong or evil will not prevent the pain and penalties that will follow as surely as night follows day...Nowhere is the generosity and the kindness and the mercy of God more manifest than in repentance. Do you understand the consumate cleansing power of the Atonement made by the Son of God, our Savior, our Redeemer?... For those who truly desire it, there is a way back. The priesthood has the power to unlock the influence of our habits, even to unchain from addiction, however tight the grip. It can heal over the scars of past mistakes. I know of no more beautiful and consoling words in all of revelation than these: "Behold, he that has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I the Lord remember them no more." Elder Packer concludes, "The ultimate end of all activity in the church is that a man and his wife and their children can be happy at home. And I invoke the blessings of the Lord upon you who are struggling against this terrible plague, to find the healing that is available to us in the priesthood of the Lord. I bear witness of that power in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

I know that Elder Packer is an apostle and a prophet of the Lord.