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.
