Posted on 06/03/2009 12:09:42 PM PDT by Caleb1411
President Obama has reneged on an increasing number of his pledges on taking office — from guaranteeing a transparent, accountable administration to ending CIA "renditions" of suspects to foreign nations known for torture. Now, however, he has a golden chance to fulfill his often-repeated goal of achieving a "common ground" in the abortion wars.
Two pro-life Democrats — Congressman Lincoln Davis of Tennessee and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania — have introduced the Pregnant Women Support Act (HR 2035 in the House, S 2407 in the Senate). As Davis says, "It's not about pro-life or pro-choice." It's about "what we can do to bring a reduction to abortions."
To begin, as the Associated Press reported (March 25): "For many Americans, the recession is affecting the most intimate decisions about family planning…Planned Parenthood of Illinois clinics performed an all-time high number of abortions in January, many of them motivated by the women's economic worries."
Before this year, Davis has emphasized: "Of the 1.29 million abortions performed annually, 73 percent of women seeking abortions list economic factors as contributing to the decision to have an abortion."
Accordingly, as Davis reports (Johnson City Press, Feb. 19), the Pregnant Women Support Act would "Repeal the sunset on adoption tax credits and make them permanent … fully Fund Federal WIC Program. Special Nutrition for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) … and increase funding for domestic violence programs" (the latter violence against women often spurring abortions).
This literally life-saving legislation, in vital need of support from the president, would also end the denial to pregnant women of health care from insurance companies because of "pre-existing conditions."
Says Lincoln Davis: "A child is not a cancer. A child is not a heart attack. It's not diabetes. A child is a human being and is not a disease."
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You are correct and in agreement with Scranton Bishop Martino. Scranton Bishop May Deny Communion to Senator Robert Casey.
He will be known as The Great Reneger.
Just be very careful about how you pronounce that!
I would add that nine months is not an eternity. It is a small investment in life itself to allow the growing baby to develop and be born. There are an abundance of families ready to adopt. Nine months. Nine months.
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