Posted on 10/22/2008 12:49:14 PM PDT by Publius804
Bishop Warns of Obama’s Promise to Implement Extreme “Freedom of Choice Act”
By Jonquil Frankham
PATERSON, New Jersey, October 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, NJ penned a column for his diocesan website this week, warning his diocese of the possible implementation of the radical Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), particularly under a possible Obama presidency.
In the article Bishop Serratelli compares Barack Obama to King Herod, the king during the life of Christ who ordered the beheading of John the Baptist in order to keep a promise he had made to Salome. Much like Herod, writes Serratelli, Obama has made a promise - to pass the Freedom of Choice Act. However, should Obama keep this promise, “not only will many of our freedoms as Americans be taken from us, but the innocent and vulnerable will spill their blood.”
The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is a bill introduced in the United States Congress in 2004. It would remove all restrictions on abortion in the United States, both on the state and federal level. “FOCA goes far beyond guaranteeing the right to an abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. It arrogantly prohibits any law or policy interfering with that right,” says Bishop Serratelli. This is the “dark reality” kept secret by propagandists for ‘choice.’
The bill is strongly supported by presidential candidate Barack Obama, who promised in a speech for Planned Parenthood that “the first thing he would do as President would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act.”
Among those no longer free to choose under FOCA, says the bishop, would be pro-life doctors and nurses, whose freedom of conscience is currently protected under the law. Religious hospitals and clinics would also be forced to perform abortions up until the birth of the baby.
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People use abortion as birth control and our taxes pay for it. After one abortion, they should be refused. No welfare, nothing. I still look at over 40 million babies being killed. Are these people nuts?
Where can I get more information on this bill?
Thank God our bishops are getting spines.
To All Bishops: Keep speaking the truth boldly and you will see a revival of Catholicism the likes of which the Church has never encountered before.
Why bother with stopping abortions at birth. The baby is the responsibility of the parents. They ought to have the right to abort the baby for 18yrs after birth also. /s
LOL...That should send the msm into conniption fits...
I see the attacks on Sarah Palin as transparent hatered of her for not aborting Trig.
I see the attacks on Sarah Palin as transparent hatred of her for not aborting Trig.
“They ought to have the right to abort the baby for 18yrs after birth also.”
This is why I call drug dealers killing drug dealers, urban renewal. A legacy of LBJ. I’m not being sarcastic. When they get down to the last few maybe we will finish them off, like Capone et al....
If Obama gets this law, he'll enforce it. Will Catholic hospitals give in or close down?
And for not forcing Bristol to abort her baby.
It has been 32 years since the Hyde amendment was passed. Many thousands of people who are alive because of that amendment are of voting age. Ironically Obama will probably draw a majority of their votes...and they could make a difference in the closely-contested states, and thus could be the difference in his winning or losing.
Right here:
FOCA
Removes ALL restrictions at all levels of government for any abortion at any age at any time during the pregnancy.
Requires YOU to pay for it.
Denies the rights of hospitals and doctors to refuse to do abortions based on religious/conscience reasons.
Outlaws all state funding for abortion alternative organizations, with the only REAL reason being to increase the number of abortions.
Absolutely.
Because she chose differently (and everyone she chose BETTER) than women who have had abortion,
it lays moral weight on the decision to kill the baby.
Instead of admitting the heinous wrong they have committed, it’s easier to transfer their guilt into hate for the “mirror” that shows them what they did.
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