Sigh: ”President Obama not long ago told the American people that he would support policies to reduce abortions, but today he is effectively guaranteeing more abortions by funding groups that promote abortion as a method of population control,” said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee.

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The Obama Circus

Obama says we should do all we can to eliminate the need for abortions, then institutes policy to hand our tax dollars out in support of it.  We knew he’d say anything to get elected.  The people who voted for him aren’t important to him now.  Ironic, considering…

It’s been a rough start in more ways than one, too.  Let’s hope he can at least pull it together for the sake of national security.  He can be a failure at everything else as far as I’m concerned.

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National Sanctity of Human Life Day

President Bush has proclaimed tomorrow “National Sanctity of Human Life Day” in the United States.  Please say some extra prayers for all human beings, from conception to natural death, and pray for a conversion of those who do not recognize the sanctity of human life.

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Million Voices Campaign Teleconference TONIGHT

Go here for the details.  It begins at 9pm EST and lasts 60 mins.

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40 Days for Life Teleconference-Webinar

40 Days for Life will be holding teleconference next Tuesday night at 9pm Eastern.  Make sure to register here.

In the last 40 Days for Life campaign (just before the election), at least 614 lives were saved and 8 abortion workers quit their jobs and got out of the abortion business.  Please continue to pray, fast, and partake in pro-life activities when you can.  Lives depend on us.

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Pro-life atheists

I have often pointed out that my own position on abortion — to be against it — is actually a scientific one.  I do regard, as any true Catholic does, the Holy See, Sacred Scripture, and Sacred Tradition as authoritative.  However, the case as it has been revealed to us in science is more powerful as what has been mandated by the church (something I don’t think is coincidence — God knows humans’ issues with believing that which we cannot see).  Today, Lisa Miller in Newsweek reports that there was a small, but steady message coming from a seemingly strange pro-life group in response to one of her recent articles on abortion: atheists.

Just as pro-life Christians argue that life is sacred because it’s given by God, pro-life atheists insist that human life is intrinsically valuable without God’s help. “I think there is nothing beyond this life—but life in and of itself is unique and special,” explains Matt Wallace, a UPS package handler in North Carolina who started an online group for pro-life atheists in 1999.

Actually, as one of those pro-life Christians, my argument comes more from the atheistic point of view she describes.  I’d even say most of the pro-life activists argue from that standpoint, too, so Miller may want to re-consider her generalizations.  My strict conscience on voting, however, does come from my religion, and the authority from the Church that we should not cooperate materially with intrinsic evils or have to answer for it at the end of our life.  Those are two distinct actions, though (opposing abortion and voting) — I use my vote as one of the “tools” to fight abortion and other intrinsic evil as Christians are morally obligated to do.

One of the points I think that is overlooked in this article, however, is that about the actual decision of Roe v. Wade.  While Miller hits on it briefly as it relates to Christopher Hitchens, her article ignores the great number of people who don’t consider themselves pro-life or pro-choice, or even consider themselves pro-choice, yet oppose Roe v. Wade because of what it is: a poor decision made by an activist court.  There is a large group of people who agree with the results brought on by Roe v. Wade who would rather see this brought about by legislation.  They are, of course, unmotivated to try to bring about a change (due to indifference or actually preferring the current state of this debate), but still opposed to the decision.

All in all, there are many ways to become pro-life.  Most often, without a miraculous conversion to faith, this is going to be brought about by science.  Even this pro-lifer thinks that the case made by science is the most convincing (but I’m only human).

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The miracle of Haleigh Poutre: This is why we should NEVER stop feeding a person, regardless of what we think he or she can’t feel.  It is fair to reject extraordinary care, like a ventillator, but giving all persons food and water until death is the only acceptable behavior for a great nation.

[Hat tip to T.J. Wharry]

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The “right” to win

Thomas Sowell hits yet another home run with his column today, discussing our entitlement to win:

Apparently Mormons don’t have the same rights as other Americans, at least not if they don’t vote the way gay activists want them to vote.

There was another gay activist mob gathered outside a Mormon temple in Orange County, California.

In the past, gay activists have disrupted Catholic services and their “gay pride” parades in San Francisco have crudely mocked nuns.

While demanding tolerance from others, gay activists apparently feel no need to show any themselves.

We often have joked that in Minnesota high school sports (and I highly doubt that our situation is much different than other states), the moment they went to 5 or 6 classes (no lie) in football, 4 or 5 in basketball, 3 in baseball and softball, and 2 in hockey, they might as well have just handed out a trophy to everyone before the season and then let them all play each other to find the best team.  Apparently many of these activist groups have taken that caricature and run with it.

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Ron Paul: Abortion aborts health care

Ron Paul, ever a champion for the pro-life cause (other than throwing his political support behind candidates who couldn’t win), has a unique viewpoint, as former practioner of medicine:

As a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies I am very disturbed by the continued efforts of those on the left to establish absolute rights to abortion.  However, even more distressing is the notion that taxpayers should be forced to subsidize life-ending procedures such as abortion and embryonic stem cell research.

In addition to the news that those who will benefit from federally-funded stem cell research have seen an uptick in their financial position as a result of the election, comes news from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that many health care facilities under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church may be shut down as a result of the so-called “Freedom of Choice Act” for refusal to perform abortions.

Catholic/Christian hospitals are known across the country for providing great medical care.  As has been pointed out by many of the bishops, it will not be sufficient for the Church to simply sell the hospitals to those who would perform abortions.  The only viable option would be to shut the Catholic hospitals down.

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Stop the presses: I agree with E.J. Dionne!!!

E.J. Dionne says Obama would be foolish to forget about his promise to try to end culture wars, particularly as it relates to abortion.

Once he assumes office, Obama might be tempted to forget that moment, issue pro-choice executive orders that the abortion rights movement expects, and move back to the sagging economy. But doing this would be both politically foolish and a breach of faith with the pro-life progressives who came to Obama’s defense during the campaign. They argued that Obama truly was committed to reducing the number of abortions. He shouldn’t turn them into liars.

Many pundits, Obama staff, and potential Obama staff have stated that it is the perogative of the President to do with these executive orders what they wish, and they are right.  However, if the first statement he makes is to reverse all restrictions on abortion, he is re-igniting the culture wars he claimed he would heal.  If he wants to fire up the conservative base just days into his presidency, that will be all he needs to do to lose half of the country, or more.

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