A
favorite tactic of the enemy
is deception, disinformation,
and outright lies. Do not be
deceived. The pro-choice forces
always speak of maternal health,
women's rights, being anti-abortion
(where it is illegal) or wanting
less abortions (where it is
legal), concern for families,
and concern for the poor. It
certainly is good to be concerned
for women, families and the
poor. But such concern can never
justify abortion. And in fact,
pro-choice advocacy is not good
for women, families and the
poor. Pro-choice advocacy is
the sure way to the destruction
of individuals, families, society
and nations.
Abortion
is the work of the evil one.
A Catholic can never align himself
with evil.
God
bless.
frank
Obama's
"Abortion Reduction"
Rhetoric Called a "Brazen
Scam"
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2008
(LifeSiteNews.com) - The Obama
campaign and its allies have
adopted an extensive "messaging
strategy" that seeks to
persuade religiously committed
Americans that Obama has a middle-of-
the-road position on abortion
policy and will promote "abortion
reduction." Douglas Johnson,
longtime legislative director
for the National Right to Life
Committee (NRLC) and author
of an article published today
on National Review Online, titled
"Unholy Messaging,"
calls the Obama effort "a
brazen scam."
"The scam depends on the
Obama campaign, with cooperation
from the mainstream news media,
deflecting attention away from
Obama's actual record, and from
his extensive commitments to
pro-abortion interest groups,"
Johnson said. "Barack
Obama is firmly committed to
an agenda of sweeping pro-abortion
policy changes that, if implemented,
will surely greatly increase
the number of abortions performed."
Johnson noted that a few short
months ago, during his primary
contest, Obama and his advocates
were boasting about his record
of leadership in opposition
to legislation to ban partial-birth
abortions, to protect infants
born alive during abortions,
and to require parental notification
for minors seeking abortions,
among other pro-life bills.
"Those boasts were well-founded,
and the current effort to re-package
Obama as a moderate is a brazen
scam," Johnson said.
The Obama "messaging"
campaign includes a recently
launched "Faith, Family
& Values Tour" that
will visit Colorado, Indiana,
North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Florida, New Mexico, Virginia,
and Wisconsin. In addition,
various independent groups are
disseminating advertising and
literature that advances the
same strategy.
Among the specific Obama positions
documented in Johnson's article
(which contains extensive hyperlinks
to documentation):
-- Obama
is a cosponsor of the so-called
"Freedom of Choice Act"
(FOCA, S. 1173), which Johnson
calls "the most sweeping
piece of pro-abortion legislation
ever proposed in Congress."
The FOCA is a bill that would
make partial-birth abortion
legal again, strike down restrictions
on taxpayer funding of abortion,
and nullify virtually every
state and federal law or policy
that would in any way "interfere
with" access to abortion,
including parental notification
laws. In a letter sent to every
member of Congress by the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB) on September 19, Cardinal
Justin Rigali wrote, "No
one who sponsors or supports
legislation like FOCA can credibly
claim to be part of a good-faith
discussion on how to reduce
abortions. In a speech to the
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
on July 17, 2007, Obama said,
"The first thing I'd do
as president is sign the Freedom
of Choice Act. That's the first
thing that I'd do."
-- Obama advocates the nullification
of state laws requiring parental
notification or consent for
a minor daughter's abortion,
which would be one of the effects
of the FOCA. Moreover, since
entering the U.S. Senate, Obama
has had two opportunities to
vote directly on the question
of parental notification for
interstate abortions on minors,
and he voted "no"
on both occasions.
-- Obama advocates repeal of
the Hyde Amendment, the law
that since 1976 has blocked
almost all federal funding of
abortion, even though both pro-life
and pro-abortion analysts agree
that this law has prevented
many abortions. "Because
the Hyde Amendment must be renewed
annually, a new president hostile
to the Hyde Amendment could
quickly place it in jeopardy,"
Johnson observed. The FOCA would
also nullify all state laws
restricting state funding of
elective abortion.
-- In a written response to
a pro-abortion advocacy group,
the Obama campaign said that
Obama is opposed to continuing
current federal funding for
"crisis pregnancy centers,"
which provide needed assistance
to many thousands of pregnant
women.
-- NRLC has thoroughly documented
that in the Illinois state Senate,
Obama led the opposition to
legislation to protect babies
who are born alive during abortions,
and persisted in his opposition
even after Congress had enacted
a virtually identical federal
bill without a single dissenting
vote. Obama has in numerous
ways actively misrepresented
the content of this legislation,
and his actions on it, but even
when such misrepresentations
were proved by NRLC and others,
the major media simply let Obama
abandon them and fall back to
a different set of equally misleading
claims.
In his article, Johnson criticizes
recent coverage in the "mainstream
news media," which, he
writes, "have, with few
exceptions, been very compliant
with Obama's recent efforts
to downplay his hard-line pro-abortion
history and policy commitments,
for the purpose of winning the
general election." Typically,
journalists simply describe
Obama's position as "supports
abortion rights," without
giving details regarding his
advocacy of federal funding
of abortion, invalidation of
parental notification laws,
and the rest.
See the full article in National
Review here:
"For
to me life is Christ, and death
is gain." (Phil 1:21)