Abortion Debate Could Make or Break Healthcare Reform

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Miss100 of ME 6:30AM October 23, 2009

If the pro-abortion politicians would pass a Stupak or Hatch style amendment to prohibit federal funding of abortion, then a majority of Americans could support it. The deception of passing a Capp amendment that will certainly require federal funding of abortion is immoral. Pro-abortion politicians should know by now that the Hyde amendment does not apply to HR 3200. To think that you can mix federal and private funds in a pot and say we are only using the private money to pay for these procedures is ridiculous! If you beleive unborn babies are people too? Demand a Hatch amendment!

Even if we get a good amendment, could the president line item veto it, to satisfy his pro-abortion interests?

Tom Menges of IL 9:10PM October 08, 2009

Annenberg Foundations FactCheck.org says "Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans."

Check for yourself:

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/abortion-which-side-is-fabricating/

Annenberg Foundation is a nonpartisan group sharing the Truth.

In a court of law that would be purgery

Seek, Speak, Share, and Defend the Truth.

ComPassion of IN 5:15PM September 19, 2009

I agree with ComPassion, Truth is what we are standing for, and the truth is that each life, which DOES begin at conception, deserves (and has the inherent right) to be born!

How can we argue about other "rights" when the pre-established right to live is not respected, defended or upheld?

Now, briefly to Sharon:

Sharon, many forms of artificial birth control are also known as abortificients. This means that they will preemptively cause an abortion were the woman to get pregnant. Biologically speaking, if you are taking things like "the morning after pill" and your egg was fertilized by sperm and therefore has become a human life, that person will not be able to implant into your uterine wall and develop into the child they are meant to be, but will instead be removed from your body by the process of this drug.

Therefore, not all birth control is the same as abortion, no. However, some is, and that is part of the reason why it is not allowed in a Catholic perspective. However, there is so much more to why birth control is not supported. I cannot begin to explain, but these links are worth looking at for answers if you truly want to know more: http://www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/MarriedLove.pdf

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdlife/documents/rc_pa_acdlife_doc_20001031_pillola-giorno-dopo_en.html

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html

http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/resources/cis/CIS314.pdf

There are many more but I won't link them now. Please don't hesitate to seek the truth! And no, the Church has never and will never condemn people to hell. The Church absolutely believe that sin exists, and that we can sin mortally, and that these sins, if unrepented and not forgiven can lead to an eternal separation between us and God, which would most likely mean we would live in hell, for that is it's definition (separation and isolation from God himself, who is our very life). But to say "all women who use birth control are going to hell" is both unmerciful and ignorant to who Christ was. He offered mercy. He forgives sins. He does not want anyone to live outside of his love. That is why knowing the truth leads us to freedom - because as he created us to be is how we will be most happy and most fulfilled. This is also why ComPassion is right that "truth sets us free," because "freedom" does not imply a "choice," but rather the capacity to be fulfilled. We have that integral capacity to be filled, and God is always that fulfillment.

Alissa of DC 1:08PM September 18, 2009