DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Cardinal Mahony Responds to Reporters Question About HealthCare/Abortion:

Abortion Should Not Be Funded by Health Care Bills

Says Cardinal Mahony

From http://www.calcatholic.com/

Washington D.C., Sep 24, 2009 / 05:49 am (CNA)- Responding to a reporter's question about the place of abortion in health care, Archbishop of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has said abortion should not be in the health care reform bill and that President Obama believes similarly.

The cardinal briefly spoke to CNSNews.com at a Sept. 22 panel discussion in Washington, D.C. on faith communities' involvement in immigration reform. The event was sponsored by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.

Asked whether he thought that the proposals fund abortion and whether they should be amended to explicitly prohibit abortion, he said the issue was "way beyond his field," which is immigration.

"I really haven't kept up on that, and I spend all my time on this other [topic]. You have to get somebody who spends time on that," he remarked.

Asked whether he believed abortion should be funded under the health care reform bill, Cardinal Mahony said "No, but that's what the president said, too."

READER COMMENTS

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 12:04 AM By Central valley
His "field" is immigration? What happend to the salvation of souls? "Thats what the President said"? Mahony sounds like Fresno bishop John Steinbock with their democratic party talking points. 2010-2012 can't come fast enough for the faithful in California. How we long for true sheperds.

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 3:12 AM By BJ
´Above my pay grade´ ...... come to mind? They sing from the same hymn sheet.

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 7:44 AM By Jo Ann
Abortion is "way beyond his field"? Come on! What exactly is his field, other than opening the gates wide and letting "illegals" in and protecting pedophiles. What President is he referring to? Certainly not the one we have who believes a Live baby from a botched abortion should be let die. His "retirement" can't come soon enough.

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 7:47 AM By WOODY GUIDRY
It appears that language of proposed health care bills may be why our Cardinal seems to be dodging specific questions about abortion. The legislative committee itself has wrangled about using "cognitive" langueage (i.e., plain old English language) rather than "legislative" language. The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) itself, stated that a delay of as much as two weeks in computing the bill's cost would be due to not using cognitive language. Gadzooks, even the committee has had to have its own staff members sit there and explain what the consequences of their own language would be!

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