Thirty-one Catholic Members of the House: Abortion Consistent with Catholicism


The plot thickens. As anti-abortion Catholic and Protestant clergy pound their pulpits about the sin of abortion other religious views keep knocking them down. Several cases claiming that withholding abortion is a violation of one's right to practice her religion are right now in the lower courts. A new and dramatic development is that 31 Catholics, all members of the House of Representatives, spelled out why abortion rights are consistent with the Catholic faith. This link on a conservative site included condemnation of these politicians. The case that abortion is a grave sin has holes in it. Watching the self-righteous squirm is always great entertainment.  

The Representatives say that social justice, conscience and religious freedom are fundamental tenets of Catholicism. Understandably, these are never mentioned by the shady "Priests for Life." The social justice of allowing poor women the same access to abortion as wealthy women is just never brought up. This is because the fetus is not yet a member of society. The fetus is useful for condemning women as irresponsible but being born needlessly into poverty only blows holes in the righteousness of forced birth operatives. This cannot be mentioned. One of the skills of forced-birth Catholics is to ignore fundamental teaching that hurts their case. 

The Representatives explain the importance of the "common good" in the Catholic faith. This includes the opportunity to follow one's conscience, freedom to worship other faiths and have equal opportunities. The author of the article was obligated to ask conservative cranks for a rebuttal. They, of course, ultimately have nothing but the opinion a human life is present at conception. The abortion supporters do not have to stretch for logical arguments as do the forced-birthers. Saying the faith supports the common good including opportunity does not require far-fetched imaginary concepts like a one-cell human being.

It seems to me the so called "right to life" political movement should by now have achieved something close to 100% support if it had a strong argument. Its problem is its argument requires assumptions and made-up concepts. There is nothing intuitive about the made-up view one cell is a human being. To believe something so absurd requires a lot of mental gymnastics. That is why "right to life" is not supported by 100% of the public. It is not even 50%. As we speak it is being beaten regularly in state wide votes.

Hats off to the Catholic House members who signed this statement. And when some dufus priest refuses you communion, find another priest. 

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