I was writing a post today regarding "single issue voting" after reading a critical post from a friend of mine on the matter. But before I could get it finished, this came across my desk from a fellow Blogger: "Legal Protection for Unborn, Support for Mothers Both Needed, Say Cardinal Rigali and Bishop Murphy"
The Bishops have issued a statement {full text here} which I think would be good for conversation (which will have to happen tomorrow as I am pressed for time).
As the article states, the Bishops issued "the joint statement in response to arguments that the Church should accept the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision on abortion as a "permanent fixture of constitutional law"... At the same time the two bishops also responded to those who argue that the Church's efforts against abortion should focus solely on restoring recognition for unborn children's human rights and that proposals to provide social and economic support for pregnant women distract from that effort."
My two favorite quotes from the statement follow:
"The law is a teacher, and Roe taught many women, physicians and others that abortion is an acceptable answer to a wide range of problems."
"Providing support for pregnant women so they choose to have their babies is a necessary but not sufficient response to abortion. Similarly, reversal of Roe is a necessary but not sufficient condition for restoring an order of justice in our society's treatment of defenseless human life," they said.
Get a full treatment of this and why it is great news here.
More on this tomorrow.
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