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Contradicting Past Statements, Biden Says He Doesn’t Believe Life Begins at Conception
Catholic News Agency ^ | 9/3/21 | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 09/03/2021 6:24:01 PM PDT by marshmallow

President Joe Biden (D) said on Friday, Sept. 3, that he does not believe life begins at conception - contradicting his previous statements on when life begins.

Biden answered a reporter’s question on abortion on Friday, after addressing the August jobs numbers at the White House. “I respect those who believe life begins at the moment of conception,” Biden said. “I don’t agree, but I respect that. I’m not going to impose that on people.”

Biden’s declaration that he does not believe life begins at conception is contrary to what he has stated in the past.

At the 2012 vice presidential debate against Republican nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), Biden stated plainly that he believed life began at conception.

"Life begins at conception, that's the Church's judgment. I accept it in my personal life," he said. "But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews, and I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here, the congressman.”

Biden said at the time that he does “not believe that we have a right to tell other people that, women, that they can't control their body. It's a decision between them and their doctor, in my view, and the Supreme Court. I'm not going to interfere with that.”

In a September 2008 interview, shortly before he was elected vice president, Biden said that he was “prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception.”

The Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 2270 states, “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.”

On Friday afternoon, Bishop Donald Hying of Madison responded to Biden's comments on Twitter, "People always claimed that President Biden was personally opposed to abortion."

"Today, we’ve all learned the......

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TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: aboertion; bloodonhishands; bloodonhishead; plannedparenthood; righttolife; romancatholicism
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1 posted on 09/03/2021 6:24:01 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

The Usurper does not know what day it is.


2 posted on 09/03/2021 6:28:34 PM PDT by Howie66 (TRUMP WON!)
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To: marshmallow

I guess he should know...he was born the Walking dead...theres no life there even yet...


3 posted on 09/03/2021 6:28:39 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: marshmallow

They are saying that ‘until someone walks in a pregnant woman’s shoes, they have nothing to say about abortions.’ How about when they can walk in an unborn baby’s shoes while getting aborted?


4 posted on 09/03/2021 6:28:42 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: marshmallow

Let me make sure I understand—we are parsing the words of a senile guy?


5 posted on 09/03/2021 6:33:43 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: marshmallow

The science is settled. Not that it matters to libtards.


6 posted on 09/03/2021 6:35:14 PM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Howie66
When will the Catholic Church grow a pair and publicly come out against Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi. They parade their Catholic faith in front of everyone and then promote killing helpless babies.

Yet the church does and says nothing.

7 posted on 09/03/2021 6:35:53 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: marshmallow

Liar, pedophile, narcoleptic, plagiarizer, corrupt, senile, demented, treasonous bastard. So what else is new? The world is laughing and we are so screwed...


8 posted on 09/03/2021 6:36:09 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Kevmo

I’m not sure at what point a conceived human being should be considered a Human Being - but most doctors and scientists, if they’re honest, would tell you that it’s all pretty much there from the get-go.


9 posted on 09/03/2021 6:41:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: marshmallow

SloJo NEVER knew exactly what he believed.

Now he can’t even remember what he wasn’t sure of.

And THIS guy is our Commander in Chief???


10 posted on 09/03/2021 6:43:22 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Howie66
“I believe that killing people in extermination camps is wrong, but I wouldn't impose my views on someone like devout muslim Congressman Ilhan Omar here.”

11 posted on 09/03/2021 6:44:20 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: marshmallow

The only thing Joe Biden truly believes in is how much cash that can physically be stuffed in his and Hunter’s pockets.


12 posted on 09/03/2021 6:45:30 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: marshmallow

Contradicting the past 1,500 years of Catholic Church history, Biden’s pal, Pope Francis doesn’t believe “the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite” existed until 1969.


13 posted on 09/03/2021 6:45:44 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: marshmallow

“Life begins at conception, that’s the Church’s judgment. I accept it in my personal life,” he said. “But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews, and I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here, the congressman.”

So much principles. I’ve noticed how averse Biden is to imposing his will on others. What a great guy. Sarcasm.


14 posted on 09/03/2021 6:48:23 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Galt's Gulch: so amazing that it's literally unreal!)
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To: Newbomb Turk
The Catholic Church has become a fraud. Not its members, but it's official apparatus.

It is kind of ironic that we now live an age where Martin Luther is more Catholic than the Pope.

15 posted on 09/03/2021 6:48:52 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: marshmallow

It seems at times that the Catholic church would more likely soften its position about abortion than criticize democrats.


16 posted on 09/03/2021 6:48:57 PM PDT by robel
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To: Jamestown1630

Genetics prove it is a separate DNA entity from the mother. It aint a skin lesion, it aint a frog.


17 posted on 09/03/2021 6:49:09 PM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Kevmo
Well, the truth finally comes out. Now I'm waiting for the spin to come from the "Catholics for Biden" bunch.

It's utter BS that Joe doesn't want to "force his personal views" on others. His entire administration is all about forcing his personal views on the entire nation.

18 posted on 09/03/2021 6:52:39 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: marshmallow

Biden is a CINO. Christian In Name Only.

I’m guessing he is just like most democrats today. Pagan or Satanic.


19 posted on 09/03/2021 7:00:13 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism ruins everything it touches. NUTS - Not United Troubled States.)
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To: marshmallow

Some Christian you are phoney Joe:

Psalm 51:5
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother CONCEIVED me.


20 posted on 09/03/2021 7:29:33 PM PDT by vespa300
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