The Issue of Abortion
Hilary Clinton’s unashamed and forceful support for even partial birth abortion, at the last Presidential Debate this week, was literally incredible. It was difficult to listen to, and to believe! She had no hesitation, no reluctance to affirm: for the sake of the life and health of the mother, the mother and she alone had absolute power over the unborn son or daughter in her womb – even if only one day, or even hours, from normal childbirth!
Think of it. The child would be viable, and ready for life outside of her – the child would be ready for induced labor, moments away from natural birth right then and there! But if the woman decides at the last moment that for some reason “her health” might be threatened in some way by the life of this child, then she should be free to destroy the life of this child. She should be free to kill her baby. And we suppose that the seriousness of the threat to her “health” posed by the life of her child would be a matter to be decided by the woman and the woman alone.
The child in the mother’s womb has no rights, in Hillary Clinton’s world, absolutely no human rights at all. The mother has complete life-or-death power over this child, right up to the birth of the child. No, even worse, right up to the completed birth of the child! The baby can be partially born, his or her little head exposed, so that the doctor can then easily kill him, or her, during the birth process. Thus the horrific and inhuman name for the “procedure” – “partial birth abortion.”
Catholics, can there be any moral justification for such an inhuman “human right” as Democrats want to assure to every woman in the country, and in the world? The next president will have at least one, probably two or more appointments to the Supreme Court – the court which is supposed to judge laws, but has now begun to define or rewrite laws on its own. Can you imagine America under laws allowing the murder of babies in the very process of being born – again? And with a taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood free to sell baby parts, the by-product of the abortion mills, all for the alleged sake of “science”? Have we really come to this, in America? Have our hearts become so hardened?
Catholics, can any Catholic – no, can any human being – justify such barbarism, such insanity?
Catholics, can any Christian justify electing such a candidate to be President, having such power and authority?
Here is a comparison the the two Platforms on this particular issue (from Priests for Life website):
There is more, of course, to consider. Here are some sober and wise words from Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, of the Knights of Columbus:
Once again we meet during a presidential election campaign in the United States and once again we face the question: “How should Catholics exercise their responsibilities as citizens?”
Catholics often confront a dilemma in deciding how to vote: Can we support a candidate who may be attractive for many reasons but who supports abortion? Some partisan advocates have sought to excuse support for pro-abortion candidates through a complex balancing act.
They claim other issues are important enough to offset a candidate’s support for abortion. But the right to abortion is not just another political issue; it is in reality a legal regime that has resulted in more than 40 million deaths.
Imagine for a moment the largest 25 cities in the United States and Canada suddenly empty of people. This is what the loss of 40 million human beings would look like.
In fact, 40 million is greater than the entire population of Canada. What political issue could possibly outweigh this human devastation?
The answer, of course, is that there is none.
Abortion is different. Abortion is the killing of the innocent on a massive scale. We need to end the political manipulation of Catholic voters by abortion advocates.
It is time to end the entanglement of Catholic people with abortion killing. It is time to stop creating excuses for voting for pro-abortion politicians.
We will never succeed in building a culture of life if we continue to vote for politicians who support a culture of death. Catholic voters have the power to transform our politics.
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In this same article, Mr. Anderson cites the wisdom of St. Teresa of Calcutta – “Mother Teresa” – who said,
I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.
Catholics of America – please – save this country from the evil ready to creep in upon us, the evil that is called “Progressivism” – an ancient evil as old as sin, as old as the Culture of Death, as old as the father of lies ever seeking to deceive good people to follow his lies into his kingdom of death.
