ZENIT: Bishop: Freedom of Choice Act Unjustifiable

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Bishop: Freedom of Choice Act Unjustifiable


Says Law Will Allow Full Access to Abortion

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, OCT. 28, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A U.S. bishop says people of good will should question a candidate's determination to reduce abortions when he also promises to immediately sign upon taking office the Freedom of Choice Act.

Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph said this in a statement last week that aimed to educate voters about a bill the next U.S. president might have the chance to sign into law or veto.

The bishop explained: "The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), was first introduced in November of 1989. […] The more recent wording of FOCA, introduced last year, is as follows: A government may not: (1) deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose -- (A) to bear a child; (B) to terminate a pregnancy prior to viability; or (C) to terminate a pregnancy after viability where termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman; or (2) discriminate against the exercise of the rights set forth in paragraph (1) in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information."

Bishop Finn explained that this act applies to "every federal, state, and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, penalty, practice, or other action enacted, adopted, or implemented before or after the date of enactment of this act."

It would thus "make null and void every current restriction on abortion in all jurisdictions," he said.

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Referring to a pastoral letter he wrote with Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, Bishop Finn affirmed: "[W]e can never vote for a candidate because of his permissive stand on abortion. At the same time, if we are inclined to vote for someone despite their pro-abortion stance, it seems we are morally obliged to establish a proportionate reason sufficient to justify the destruction of 45 million human persons through abortion.

"If we learn that our 'candidate of choice' further pledges -- through an instrument such as FOCA -- to eliminate all existing limitations against abortion, it is that much more doubtful whether voting for him or her can ever be morally justified under any circumstance."

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Freedom of Choice Act Unjustifiable

tell me something i don't know.

 

[Mom2Alex]

I'll try.

Did you see this article on embryonic stem cell research and cloning? I did not know one of the candidates supported 'therapeutic' cloning research.

[FONT=trebuchet ms,arial,helvetica]Therapeutic cloning: (a.k.a. Somatic cell nuclear transfer or research cloning):This starts with the same procedure as is used in adult DNA cloning. The resultant embryo would be allowed to grow for perhaps 14 days. It's stem cells would then be extracted and encouraged to grow into a piece of human tissue or a complete human organ for transplant. The end result would not be a human being; it would be a replacement organ, or piece of nerve tissue, or quantity of skin. The first successful therapeutic cloning was accomplished in 2001-NOV by Advanced Cell Technology, a biotech company in Worcester, MA.[/FONT] [FONT=trebuchet ms,arial,helvetica] Unfortunately, although adult DNA cloning and therapeutic cloning are quite different procedures leading to very different goals, both terms contain the word "cloning." This causes a great deal of confusion among the public. Many transfer their disgust at the concept of creating cloned babies to therapeutic cloning whose goal is to create an organ to heal people. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), a pro-life senator has suggested the term "somatic cell nuclear transfer" to replace therapeutic cloning. 3
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