This
"Catholics for Choice" is
the one featured in PDI last April 6
on page A-7 with an article bannered
"Catholics for Choice hails Cabral
stand on condoms." This CFC is
among the many enemies of the Catholic
Church. They are committed to destroy
family and life as we know it, and in
the process, to try to destroy the Catholic
Church which stands in their way. Let
us not be complacent. The gathering
storm gets darker, and it is poised
to assault the Philippines. The advance
parties are already in position and
doing their diabolical work.
'Catholics for Choice' Demands
Abortion in Canada's G8 Maternal Health
Plan
By
Thaddeus M. Baklinski
OTTAWA,
April 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- The pro-abortion organization "Catholics
for Choice," which has been denounced
repeatedly by Catholic bishops for falsely
promoting abortion in the name of the
Catholic Church, has written a letter
to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
demanding that he include abortion in
his G8 initiative on maternal and child
health.
Several
mainstream media news agencies have
already reported on the letter from
the anti-Catholic activist group as
if it actually represents a valid Catholic
position. However, Catholics for Choice
has no affiliation with or endorsement
from the Catholic Church; it was created
by the Rockefeller Foundation in the
1970s to undermine Catholic teaching
on abortion and sexual morality.
The
letter, signed by Washington, D.C.-based
Catholics for Choice president Jon O'Brien
and CFC Canada coordinator Rosemary
Ganley, urges the PM to "reconsider"
the government's decision to exclude
abortion from the G8 initiative on maternal
and child health.
"Historically
Canada has played a leading role in
the campaign to improve the reproductive
health of women around the world,"
stated the letter.
"Maternal
mortality can be alleviated through
wide access to comprehensive reproductive
health care services. It is a basic
human right and a matter of social justice
to provide women and men access to family
planning and abortion services and information
to prevent unplanned and high risk pregnancies."
While
Prime Minister Harper said he intends
to make maternal and child health in
developing countries a central issue
during the G8 summit in June, his government
repeatedly stated that contraception
and abortion are not part of the package
– although the government has
since backed down on the issue of contraception.
On
March 17th, Foreign Affairs Minister
Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons
foreign affairs committee that “This
[initiative] does not deal in any way,
shape, or form with family planning.
Indeed, the purpose of this is to be
able to save lives. Too many people
are losing their lives on a yearly basis.”
Harper
later clarified, however, in response
to criticism, that, "We are not
closing the door on any option, including
contraception. However, we do not wish
to debate abortion in this place or
elsewhere."
International
Cooperation Minister Bev Oda, who oversees
Canada's international development program,
said that the initiative "is about
saving the lives of mothers and children"
and will not allow the maternal health
plan to be used to "regenerate
any debate on abortion."
"There
are many ways that maternal and infant
health can be improved and many of those
are easily done and they're inexpensive,"
she said. "We know what we can
do by providing clean water, vaccinations
and better nutrition. As well the most
effective way is the training of health
care workers and improving access for
those women. That is what we are going
to do."
See previous LSN coverage:
Maternal
Health Plan about Saving Lives, not
"Family Planning": Canadian
Foreign Affairs Minister
PM
Harper "Caves": "Not
Closing the Door" on Contraception
in G8 Maternal Health Push
Third
World Women Don't Want Contraceptives,
Expert Tells Canadian Politicians
Minister
Confirms Abortion Not Part of Harper's
Maternal Health Initiative
"For
to me to live is Christ, and to die
is gain." (Phil 1:21)