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Monday, September 21, 2009

Kmiec: Obama’s views are ‘catechism come to life’

Hey Doug, this is getting embarrassing. Please stop trying to convice everyone that the most pro-abort president in history is pro-life.




Kmiec also recounted a conversation in which then-Senator Obama called abortion the “taking of the life of a child”:


Mr Obama asked Prof. Kmiec: "What would cause a mother to contemplate taking the life of a child? It has to be something awful. It has to be a woman without shelter, without insurance, without the next meal on the table." Not true. You can't blame every abortion on poverty.

Prof. Kmiec admits that this approach to abortion is not the ideal solution, saying that poverty or not being married is no excuse to take the life of a child. However, he believes one should be realistic about the problem and if the abortion rate could be reduced - and some studies point out that tackling poverty could lead to fewer abortions - "this seems to me a good interim step".

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Here's a reminder from the catechism:

2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," "by the very commission of the offense," and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.

3 comments:

Fr. Erik Richtsteig said...

This guy need to be institutionalized. He as lost all touch with the real world.

Nancy said...

Does anyone know what the poor Maltese did to have this guy dumped on them?

Christine said...

HA HA! Good question Nancy :)