I don’t see how FOCA in any way promotes the lessening of abortion, in fact from what I understand it would do away with any and all legislation limiting abortion in any way. Third trimester, partial birth, even infanticide are what it would involve. No parental consent, no need for pre-abortion couceling or a waiting period. Just bam, abortion on the spot.

If Obama REALLY wants to start lessening the number of abortions, I think signing the FOCA is the first sign that he’s going about it the wrong way.

I sincerely hope that his intended programs to support the mothers, promote adoption and teach abstinence and less “cavalier activity” really do help to limit the “need” for abortion. But I just can’t get over his resolution to pass FOCA. I wish that Fr. Reese would address this very important part of the conundrum.

I do believe that the best way to defeat abortion (which is ALWAYS an absolute moral evil) is not by insisting that it end here and now, but by taking small steps in the right direction.. promoting fidelity, chastity, responsibility, adoption, financial, spirtitual and emotional support for the mothers, etc. The taking of an innocent life is never morally acceptable, no matter the circumstances. The fact that it is absolutely wrong does not EVER make it easy.. I have never been in a situation where I have had to consider abortion, and I cannot in particular imagine the trauma of rape or incest.. but with a lot of help and prayer maybe even these cases can be “solved” with grace, hope and peace.

May God bless President-Elect Obama, may He change many hearts and minds so that His will may be done and we can see at least the beginning of an end to this tragedy we know as abortion. God bless the USA!

Nothing has been done? Where have you been? We got a partial birth abortion bill passed after Clinton vetoed it two or three times (can’t remember how many). We also got two more folks on the Supreme Court who are strict constructionists – this makes 4. We need one more. The next president will nominate at least 1, if not 2 in their first term. This could be the difference in overturning Roe as most decisions are now 5-4 in the liberal direction. If it goes the other way, the effect will last 30 years.

It amazes me how our own people don’t know their own government. They say that the Republicans have been in charge for the last 8 years and haven’t been able to do anything. Unless you have a majority of 60 in the Senate, it doesn’t matter if you hold both houses of Congress and the Presidency. One Senator can prevent the vote on a judge or any other piece of legislation. It takes 60 to overcome this filibuster.

Because of the wishy-washy Catholics we may get 60 in the Senate, except it’ll be the Party of Death. Then watch out – abortion on demand, embryonic stem cell research, right to die for the elderly, cloning, gay marriage and on and on. There will be no one to blame but us Catholics. We hold the power and we will be answerable to God.

The latest comment from Obama on gay marriage does not match his rhetoric that he is against it. Look up what he said about the California marriage initiative over the weekend. WAKE UP! The Dems know they need your vote and they’ll say whatever they need to say in order to confuse you.

I question where the author got his facts on Obama’s pro-life views. He has one of the most pro-choice voting records. I don’t know what issue is more grave than abortion.

Ah hello Father—please wake up. I respect you as a priest but come on Father—claiming ignorance is no defense. Please read Justice Breyer’s Supreme Court ruling in Carhart, tie it into Obama’s support for no restrictions on any abortion procedure including infanticide and then tell me again your personal views. I am sorry to say a majority of Catholic leaders are leading folks in the wrong direction—or maybe not if your unstated intention is to have an awake Catholic flee with fear to Jesus as His Church in America is ‘confused’. Stick to tax reform Father.

First. A true Catholic knows when he violates God’s law and should refrain from Holy Communion. The Bishops get involved when politicians are in their effort to get elected ‚Äúpreach‚Äù and promote a false Catholic doctrine (See; Kerry, Biden and Pelosi) and truly undermine the Churches basic teachings. It is a Bishop’s responsibility to defend the faith. In fact, through the Sacrament of Confirmation, we are enabled to profess our faith as strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ. Thus each individual Catholic is responsible to defend the Catholic faith and the most innocent of humans; a baby in the womb.

Today we have Boomer Catholics and ‚ÄúBoomer” priests it appears, who are not responsible for anything. Thus ‚ÄúCatholics‚Äù promote a candidate who: caters to the poor and lower income people, this is good; this same candidate actively promotes and supports unlimited abortion and infanticide, this is bad. This ‚ÄúCatholic‚Äù vote for such a candidate is direct advocacy and support for the destruction of a baby! All other issue are mute.

In the 1930’s in Europe we had an individual who in response to a world depression created jobs and helped the poor he even made the trains run on time! This was good. His program also included imprisonment and eventual murder of the social misfits, the homosexuals, the gypsies, the handicapped, the Jews and Catholic and Protestant objectors to his “wonderful” program, this was bad. Todays Boomer Catholic “logic” would have and in some cases maybe this flawed “logic” did promote and support Hitler and the Nazi party in its day.

I was taught well at Bishop Gorman High School in 1954-55 by Father Teed CSV that the end does not justify the means nor does the means justify the end. A simple and very basic Roman Catholic teaching. Thus the Catholic voting for an abortion program, to insure that the poor and lower income people, “spread the wealth- income redistribution” are supported is absolutely wrong. The end voting to support the poor and lower income people does not justify the means which is the willful action of voting for and actively supporting the abortion program. Using this simple but profound concept, end vs means ,works in all aspects of one’s life and it certainly applies here.

The Catholics who are proponents of justifying their support of a pro-abortion candidate and political party use abstract strained “logic” (as shown in Father Reeses’ article) to support their views. They try to weave war, legal executions and the need for social welfare into their false arguments to justify a vote for abortion. Forgotten in all of this Boomer “logic” is the victim.

REMEMBER ABORTION KILLS THE MOST INNOCENT, PURE AND DEFENSELESS HUMAN GOD EVER CREATED EACH TIME IT IS PERFORMED! A CHILD IN GOD’S IMAGE AND LIKENESS!

THIS IS MURDER OF A BABY!

Note: The Jesuits introduced Liberation Theology in to Latin America, a Marxist method of governing. If the election goes wrong next Tuesday we might see it here first hand. Abortion being the Holy Sacrament of the American Democrat left will advocate, promote and fund the intrinsic evil abortion without limits. And traditional marriage will be made as valid as a Kerry Purple Heart. But “the trains will run on time.” This is a single issue? Yes!

Hope I am wrong.

“Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; a person is to be put to death only for a crime he himself has committed” Duet 24:16

I think that is self-explanatory.

While i do agree with you and mr obama that we need to reduce the amount of abortions, and i pray that that policy will work because as we move towards election it is more apparant that it will be senator obama will be our next president, I disagree that this policy is a complete solution to the modern day genocide we fight against.

The abortion issue is a question of what is right and what is wrong. There is no “common ground”. Revelation 3:15-16 “I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” Father, please get out of the middle of the road, or you will get run over. It breaks my heart that a person of your religious status would go with the flow on this one, instead of being the fish that swims against the current. Come over to the right side Fr. (no political pun intended). Come over to the side of the church, the word, and the trinity.

I will be praying for you.

“…the Republicans oppose programs ‚Äúaddressing poverty, providing health care, and offering other assistance to pregnant women, children, and families.‚Äù Just this one sentence alone reveals your underlying bias. Are you serious? They oppose Dem programs for addressing these issues not the issues themselves. WOW.

Right on Tony! Exactly my sentiments and thoughts. Obama is the most radical person, with regard to abortion and a whole bunch of other issues, ever to run for president. His statement that the first thing he would do would be to pass the Freedom of Choice Act is the giant Pink Donkey in the room.

Johanna: What is wrong with making abortion illegal??? That won’t stop the number of abortions? Who says? Any way, it should be illegal because it is evil PERIOD. Making murder illegal doesn’t seem to stop people from killing each other. But it is illegal because murder is evil. Get it!?

Mexico City Policy? Exporting tax dollars because using them here against our will for abortion is not enough? We have to make it easier for other countries to kill babies too? Any elitist or racist notions behind wanting to pay for abortions in poor and third world countries? This must be one of the “programs addressing poverty, providing health care, and offering other assistance to pregnant women, children, and families” that Father Reese was referring to in the article.

No matter how many times the wishy-washy clergy and laity say it or how big or loud the groups get, the Truth does not change. It is the same yesterday, today and forever.

God Bless.

In reply to Tony and the Mexico City policy – Mexico City denied funds to programs that provided a wide range of health care for women in the developing world if they so much as mentioned abortion as an option in countries where it was legal. I believe the Mexico City policy did more harm than good, and should be re-repealed.

Take January 23, 1993. I remember that. Okay, so I didn’t remember the date until I looked it up, but I did remember it was the Saturday after Clinton’s first inauguration. And I was attending a workshop for catechists. In attendance at the workshop was an older religious sister. At one point, we were sitting next to each other and the new administration in Washington came up.

The sisters was dismayed. “Did you hear what President Clinton did?”

I nodded.

(If by chance, you have forgotten: Jan. 22: President Clinton reverses years of pro-life progress by issuing five executive orders reversing Title 10 regulations banning abortion referral by federal employees, repealing the Mexico City Policy restricting federal funding of international organizations that work to reverse countries’ abortion laws, negating the ban on funding for fetal tissue transplants, ordering military hospitals to perform abortions, and asking the FDA to “review” the import ban on RU 486.”)

Yes, I’d heard about that.

“I just can’t believe he did that,” Sister continued. “I don’t understand why he would do those things. I supported him.”

I was surprised, but not really. I tried to point out to Sister that President Clinton had run on an abortion rights platform supported in word and funds by abortion-rights groups, and reversal of these policies was a stated and clear goal of these groups.

She just shook her head again. “I still can’t believe it.”

And we gathered up our things and moved on to the next workshop.