Posted on 12/03/2009 2:26:48 PM PST by IbJensen
(Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
CNSNews.com) – Rev. Carlton Veazey, president and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, told a small crowd of pro-abortion protesters that women have a “God-given right” to abortion and that opposition from pro-life congressmen and religious leaders would never take it away.
Veazey, closing speaker at a “Stop Stupak” rally on Capitol Hill staged by major pro-abortion groups such as Planned Parenthood, NARAL-Pro Choice, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) told the crowd that not only did they have a constitutional right to abortion, but that they had a God-given one as well.
“Don’t let anybody tell you that religious people don’t support choice,” Veazey said at the gathering in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. “You not only have a constitutional right for abortion, but you have a God-given right.”
The rally was held to inspire abortion rights protesters ahead of a day of lobbying for federal funding of abortion in health care reform legislation. The event also served as an outlet for the activists to vent anger at the amendment offered by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to the House health care bill.
The amendment prohibits any federal money from paying for any part of a health insurance plan that covers abortion and was successfully attached to the House bill in a bipartisan vote.
Pro-abortion members of Congress also attended the rally. They urged attendees to lobby hard against the Stupak amendment to have it stripped from a final version of the bill.
“Make no mistake, the Stupak amendment does not reaffirm existing law – it goes way past it,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.). “It disallows private insurers who operate in the new exchange from covering abortion services in plans receiving government subsidies.”
Calling the Stupak amendment “a stain,” DeLauro said that pro-abortion activists must make legislators “feel your wrath” if abortion coverage is to be preserved.
“So we all have a role to play in doing right by America’s women and making sure comprehensive health insurance reform finally gets passed,” DeLauro said. “But I am confident we will get there again, and that the Affordable Health Care for America Act will become the law of the land, without the stain of Stupak/Pitts.” (The Stupak amendment was co-written with Republican Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania.)
Baby at 5 months “So make your voices heard!” said DeLauro. “Those Members who are pro-choice and who voted for Stupak should feel your wrath. Those who could not find their way clear to vote for health care, for whatever reason, should feel your wrath too.”
Protesters also took on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), whose lobbying efforts were essential in passing the Stupak amendment, and which earned the ire of pro-abortion protesters.
DeLauro attacked the bishops, saying the organization’s lobbying effort may jeopardize its tax-exempt status. She also described the lobbying as “dubious.”
“As we have worked to secure this groundbreaking legislation, it was never our intention to make abortion part of the health care debate,” she said. “And, in fact, when the issue arose in the Energy and Commerce Committee, pro-choice and pro-life members came together around a compromise that ratified existing law.
“But sadly, the Conference of Catholic Bishops had other ideas,” said DeLauro. “They chose to hold comprehensive health care reform hostage to the abortion issue. In doing so, they not only used a dubious rationale that puts even their own federal funding at risk. They failed their fundamental obligation to help the poor and heal the sick.”
Veazy was even more direct, saying that protesters were there to “take on” the USCCB.
“We are also here to call out the U.S. Conference of [Catholic] Bishops, because no one religion, no theological perspective should get the kind of weight that they can [to] put pressure on the Congress,” he said.
“Hold the whole Congress up and say, ‘If we don’t get our way, we will work against health reform,’” said Veazy. “We in the religious community resent that. We believe that no religion should carry that kind of weight in legislation.”
Veazy reassured the crowd that the Stupak amendment would “not make it,” because “right will always win.”
“Stupak will not make it,” said Veazy. “I want you to go leave this place knowing that right will always win, and we are going to win Stupak.”
The Democrats are indeed the Party of Death!
Perhaps she's an old classmate. Imagine some teeth in that face and a few more pounds on that body.
These leftist baby murderers are the thuggees of today! When they tire of killing babies, or there are no babies to be born they’ll concentrate on killing anyone else they choose.
Seriously, did Uncle Fester have a sex change? He looks much different as a woman with hair.
We are living this daily...
Isaiah 5:18-21 (Amplified Bible)
18 Woe to those who draw [calamity] with cords of iniquity and falsehood, who bring punishment to themselves with a cart rope of wickedness,
19 Who say, Let [the Holy One] make haste and speed His [prophesied] vengeance, that we may see it; and let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent and shrewd in their own sight!
What it does say “There are six things which the Lord hates, Yes seven which are an abomination to Him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,etc” (Proverb 6:16-17) the most innocent blood that can be shed is that of an unborn child. No abortion can be performed without the shedding of blood. It is alive at conception and you must kill that life if you do not want it.
Only if your god’s name is Baal.
God created real people who can make real choices, right and wrong. Choices aren’t rights. The choice to murder an unborn baby is wrong, and society’s choice to allow it is wrong. Accusing God of making it a right is lunacy.
>> Abortion Is a “God-Given Right,” Liberal Leader Declares
Abortion is legal killing of one human by another. That’s a simple but harsh fact.
Liberals like this one believe in some god, but not the God I know.
I watched this individual speak on C-SPAN during the H3200 debate. It was a predictable display of the perversion of independence - that through the right to kill an unborn child does the woman realize her ‘true’ freedom.
The womb is the new plantation.
Her point may be debated, but you have NO RIGHT to inflict that picture of her on us good FReepers. I’m hitting the abuse button on you - you - you - ugly picture poster you!
Does that mean that other people have the right to just go kill people they don’t want alive??????
Yes, I think so. Let me demonstrate "Bible interpretation for liberals."
"Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord."
Now read that sentence to yourself. Out loud if you want to. Take particular notice of the word 'mine.' When you say 'mine' what does that mean? That's right, no go get some vengeance. LOL
Grrrr. no go = now go
Unfortunately, it is true; it’s called “free will”.
Doesn’t mean that God approves; nor that He doesn’t withold Jugement; nor that that He doesn’t/won’t impose stiff consequences.
Have to remember that it is also a God given right to not believe, or even to actively oppose Him...it weeds out those unfit for Heaven.
The Rev sins, however, by lying by omission.
Speal chek are my frend, if I rmember to use it.
God gives us all the free will to send ourselves to hell. Wait until this schmuck finds out he'll be spending eternity with Fred Phelps.
Many mothers aren't certain they want to abort their child until it reaches about 15 years old.
At that time, if the child becomes too unruly, or if the mother is dissatisfied with how he or she has turned out she can then exercise her abortion right.
Unfortunately there are many ‘moderate’ (stand for nothing) Republicans who go along with the abortionists.
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