“Catholics for Choice” Pours Money into Ohio’s Pro-Abortion Issue 1

Catholic Vote ^ | October 26, 2023 | Erika Ahern

[Morgana]

“Catholics for Choice”, an anti-Catholic and pro-abortion organization funded by elite non-Catholics including Warren Buffet, has installed 30 billboards promoting Issue 1 to Catholics in Ohio ahead of the November 7 vote on the pro-abortion amendment.

Over 30 billboards went up around the Buckeye state reading “Pro-Choice Catholics: You Are Not Alone. Vote YES on Issue 1” and “63% of Catholics support legal abortion in all or most cases.” The signs appeared in major Ohio cities such as Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Akron, Toledo, and Youngstown.

If passed, Issue 1 would outlaw virtually all restrictions on abortion and all other sex-related procedures for both adults and minors. The amendment also cancels out parental consent and notification laws for minors’ abortions or sex-change surgeries.

“Catholics for Choice” made headlines in 2022 when it projected pro-abortion messages onto the walls of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception while Catholics were praying inside. According to the Catholic Accountability Project’s Tommy Valentine:

It was the most sacrilegious stunt they had pulled since their founder stood on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and declared herself ‘Her Holiness Pope Patricia the First’ in 1973.

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has condemned the amendment, arguing that it goes so far that even pro-choice voters have reason to oppose it. “Whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice, this amendment is just radical,” he said. “It does not reflect the values of the people of Ohio.”

Proponents of Issue 1 have resorted to deliberately confusing and deceptive messaging to make the ballot measure palatable, DeWine added. “Issue 1 would put Ohio in a small category of the most permissive states in the union in regard to abortion.”

Catholics for Choice’s billboard claim that 63% of Catholics support abortion is misleading: that number reflects the opinions of non-practicing Catholics (Catholics who say they do not regularly attend Mass).

Only one-third (35%) of these Catholics accept the fact that life begins at conception. The most recent Pew Research Center poll notes that among Mass-attending Catholics 68% say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.

The Catholic Conference of Ohio, which represents the state’s nine bishops, has strongly opposed Issue 1 and urged Catholics to vote no.

Catholics for Choice President Jamie L. Manson lashed out at the bishops in a press release Thursday:

Ohio’s Catholic bishops are pulling out all the stops to stigmatize and silence pro-choice Catholics across the state, preaching blistering sermons from the pulpit and pouring an astonishing $1.4 million into the campaign to defeat this abortion rights amendment. Their spending is an outrageous misuse of the hard-earned funds that ordinary Catholics donate to their parishes and dioceses.

Since Manson took control of the organization, Catholics for Choice has intensified its focus on increasing abortions of Hispanic children by launching a new Spanish-language initiative. They also devote resources to increasing the abortions of African children in countries like Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

[No name given]

You can be for Jesus Christ or for killing babies, but not both.

[Morgana]

You can be for Jesus or for Molech but not both you mean.

[Montana_Sam]

“Catholics for Choice” and “Pro Choice Catholics” are terms as meaningless as “marxist Catholic” or “fascist Catholic”.

Only people who’ve abandoned all pretense at intellectual integrity use such nomenclature.

[RebelTXRose]

Agree with all statements above.

[gibsonguy]

This bill legalizes 9 month abortions and minor genital mutilation. These “Catholics“ should be excommunicated and would be if we had a Pope.

[Ann Archy]

I think ROGER STONE and his then wife MARY, started this EVIL GROUP!
You CANNOT be a good CATHOLIC and be for MURDERING BABIES! OXYMORONIC AND OXYDEMONIC!

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[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

‘Catholics For Satan’ president stated “You go girl!”

[caddie]

These people are so gross.

There is no floor beneath which Rats will not descend.

[Doche2X2]

An oxymoron for sure.

[pepsi_junkie]

The problem with my fellow Catholics is that many (most?) have allowed the church's 'we need to be inclusive and less rigid' attitude that goes back to the 50s and has gotten progressively worse to give them a sense that they can pick and choose what parts of the faith they want to believe and practice, and which they do not. Look at how empty churches are on Sundays now versus how full there were in old photos from the 60s and the result is clear. Another factor is the constant abuse of boys that they church will not ... EVER ... truly stop because, well, the heirarchy is in on it.

The cafeteria catholic part is corrosive to the faith but for me the thing that has made me seriously question whether I can stay a catholic is the nonstop abuse that they actually get ticked off about being questioned on when yet another coverup of a dozen cases or more comes out. The scales are off my eyes and I see the heirarchy of the clergy for what they are and I despair that those sinning heretics have made the church into a brothel for themselves.

[NKP_Vet]

McElroy is a HOMOSEXUAL . Bergoglio loves these perverts.

[Dave911]

Sorry but if you’re pro-abortion you’re not catholic. You may think you are but you’re not.