Backlash Against "Catholics For Choice" Grows...Group Places Ads Demanding Taxpayer Funding Abortion

Townhall ^ | 15 Sep 16 | Christine Rousselle

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The pro-abortion group Catholics for Choice placed "Abortion in Good Faith" full-page ads in several newspapers around the country on Monday urging the repeal of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion.

Today, we launched a campaign to show that Catholics support abortion funding #InGoodFaith. Join us. https://t.co/rsmlSxOBDO— Catholics for Choice (@Catholic4Choice) September 12, 2016

On Wednesday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued a statement condemning the group. Cardinal Dolan said that the use of the name "Catholic" to promote abortion is offensive and that they are in no way affiliated with the Church. The Catholic Church has been opposed to abortion for roughly 2,000 years.

An abortion advocacy organization called "Catholics for Choice" (CFC) placed deceptive full-page newspaper ads in multiple cities on September 12 calling for taxpayer funding of abortion in the name of the Catholic faith.

As the U.S. Catholic bishops have stated for many years, the use of the name 'Catholic' as a platform to promote the taking of innocent human life is offensive not only to Catholics, but to all who expect honesty and forthrightness in public discourse.

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CFC's extreme ads promote abortion as if it were a social good. But abortion kills the most defenseless among us, harms women, and tears at the heart of families. Pushing for public funding would force all taxpaying Americans to be complicit in the violence of abortion and an industry that puts profit above the well-being of women and children.

Other bishops joined in to echo Dolan's statement, with Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth going as far to call the advertisements "evil."

Let us be crystal clear that "Catholics for Choice" is absurd. The murder of an unborn child is a sin that no Catholic can justly choose.— Bishop J. Strickland (@Bishopoftyler) September 13, 2016

Read Bishop Olson's full statement on the recent ad campaign by Catholics for Choice, a dissident organization. https://t.co/XeOBZXZ0jP— North Texas Catholic (@NTCatholic) September 15, 2016

Amid recent "Catholics for Choice" ads nationwide, Prefect for Laity, Family, and Life @Bishop_Farrell responds: pic.twitter.com/g5LL2A9W8c— Rich Raho (@RichRaho) September 13, 2016

Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop Gustavo, and Bishops Lopes and Farrell have released a joint statement on the Catholics for Choice ad campaign.— Today's Catholic (@satodaycatholic) September 13, 2016

Please read @MNCatholicConf statement concerning the "Catholics for Choice" ad in @StarTribune https://t.co/2yg2N0torj— OurNorthlandDiocese (@ONDiocese) September 13, 2016

[xzins]

The absurdity of a group even calling itself “Catholics for Choice” is clear in the most casual reading about Catholicism.

[mainestategop]

I’m glad to hear that there’s backlash. I sure wish Evangelicals would take a stand...

[Montana_Sam]

And from the Archdiocese of Seattle? Chirp - chirp - chirp...

Most folks in the Archdiocese are good Democrats. 'Nuff said.

[circlecity]

Kinda like calling yourself “Vegetarians for pork barbecue” or “Atheists for God”.

[onedoug]

Murderers of infants

[xzins]

New Restaurant:

Steak N Vegan

[NYer]

“The biggest falsehood in these advertisements is the statement that ‘as a Catholic’ a person can respect and support a decision to kill an unborn person,” Bishop Lopes said.

“The insinuation that Catholic faith can lead a person to sanction something which is always and everywhere a moral evil is fraudulent, deceitful, and simply wrong.”
Bishop Steven Lopes, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of St. Peter

Read more: Catholics for Choice 'woefully' misrepresent Church teaching

Catholic ping!

[littleharbour]

Message to the Cardinals and Bishops: either excommunicate these heretics or don’t bother talking. They sound like Obama telling Assad that he drew a “red line”. Hollow words to sound as though you are doing something.

[SteveO87]

Start the excommunication with Tim Kaine.

[Nevadan]

We already have taxpayer sponsored abortions. It’s called Planned Parenthood. Our government gives millions to it annually. Or is it billions?

[Salvation]

They are CINOS, Catholics in Name Only.

[xzins]

I thought those were “Conservatives in name Only”

:>)

[anoldafvet]

This Catholic is still celebrating the birth of his first granddaughter last Saturday.

[xzins]

Awesome!

[BobL]

Why bother being so up-front? Simply keep electing and supporting LEFTISTS and they’ll get everything they want.

[ealgeone]

Evangelicals have taken a stand.

They are one of the groups that most consistently vote for conservatives.

If we look at catholic voting patterns in presidential elections you will find the catholic vote has gone to the dimocrat too many times.

Because of the catholic vote we have Kennedy, LBJ, Clinton and Obama.

Yr	D	R
1952	56%	44%
1956	51%	49%
1960	78%	22%	Kennedy
1964	76%	24%	LBJ
1968	59%	33%
1972	48%	52%
1976	57%	41%	Carter
1980	46%	47%
1984	39%	61%
1988	51%	49%
1992	47%	35%	Clinton
1996	55%	35%	Clinton
2000	52%	46%
2004	52%	48%
2008	53%	47%	Obama
2012	56%	44%	Obama

[boatbums]

Glad to see the outrage amongst the higher-ups. I wonder if the priests and bishops of these so-called Catholics for Choice - since these people are open about it - will do any kind of discipline or correction of their members?

[boatbums]

Where on earth did they get the idea that abortion was a “Catholic social justice value”???

[FourtySeven]

These people have already excommunicated themselves, as direct support of abortion in any way incurs an automatic excommunication according to Canon Law.

What needs to be done by the Ordinary is to announce this fact, rather than the “strongly worded” letters. Then a real conversation about whether or not one can be a “Catholic for Choice” can start. Unless people are educated about the ramifications, there will never be any fruitful dialog.