Posted on 05/03/2009 10:59:12 AM PDT by impimp
When's the last time you heard Catholic bishops praise the Democrats on the abortion issue? Don't worry—I can't remember either.
But Cardinal Justin Rigali, who chairs the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a letter today urging passage of the Pregnant Women Support Act, the Democrats' main legislative vehicle for their "abortion reduction" program. During Barack Obama's presidential inauguration, Rigali quietly convened a meeting of antiabortion activists to devise a strategy to combat an expected Obama/Democratic assault on antiabortion policies, so this is a significant development.
Rigali has written to all members of the House of Representatives urging support for the Pregnant Women Support Act, which was introduced this week by Rep. Lincoln Davis, a Democrat from Tennessee.
I'll be watching to see how antiabortion groups and antiabortion Republican lawmakers react to the bill. Much of the antiabortion movement has been highly skeptical of the Democrats' abortion reduction plan so far, but it's going to be tough to challenge the antiabortion bona fides of the Catholic bishops' pro-life committee chief.
Read the full text of Rigali's letter here.
An excerpt from the Conference of Catholic Bishops' press release:
"The Pregnant Women Support Act reaches out to women with a helping hand when they are most vulnerable, and most engaged in making a decision about life or death for their unborn children," Cardinal Rigali said.
The Cardinal said that the PWSA offers "an authentic common ground, an approach that people can embrace regardless of their position on other issues."
"There are some statements that almost everyone can endorse. First, the fact that over a million abortions take place every year in this country is a tragedy, and we should at least take steps to reduce abortions," said Cardinal Rigali.
"Second, no woman should ever have to undergo an abortion because she feels she has no other choice, or because alternatives were unavailable or not made known to her. An abortion performed under such social and economic duress meets no one's standard for 'freedom of choice'," the Cardinal continued.
No, no, no, it’s not the “Abortion Reduction Act”!!
It’s the “Abortion PREGNANCY Reduction Act”!!
That’s just a typo! Poor man just endorsed more baby killing!
Single moms vote democrat, pro-life unfortunately has become pro-single Mom and democrats own them.
This compares to Nazis promising to clean up the camps.
“Second, no woman should ever have to undergo an abortion because she feels she has no other choice, or because alternatives were unavailable or not made known to her. An abortion performed under such social and economic duress meets no one’s standard for ‘freedom of choice’,” the Cardinal continued.”
Pro-life was getting nothing but more killing. This way he’s cornering Obama into providing a real choice for these women by providing somewhere for them to go to have the baby. Half a loaf is better than none.
What part of “Abortion is Murder” does he not understand/care?
If you substituted “Illegal Aliens” for “Abortion”, the clergy would be on the streets, screaming. But an innocent life, no. It’s finding “an authentic common ground, an approach that people can embrace regardless of their position on other issues.”
The road to Hell may very well be paved with good intentions, but you don’t have to be the paver.
The details of the proposed legislation concerning abortion reduction are not yet available, I believe. I would bet that state-funded sterilization will be proposed - this is not a case of jalf a loaf is better than none!
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