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Brown: Stop Seeking Abortion Compromise; Oppose Entire Bill
by Katie Walker
Released December 17, 2009
Washington, D.C. (17 December 2009) – Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, issued the following statement upon hearing news Sen. Bob Casey is set to introduce “compromise” legislation on abortion as part of the Senate health care reform bill:
"We call on the leaders of the pro-life movement, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic members of Congress to stop fighting to maintain the abortion status quo, which treats human beings as property; to stand firm against band-aid compromises; and to oppose the entire deplorable health care reform bill.
"We must not forget this health care reform bill denies justice to all and abrogates the rights of human beings to function with government in a supporting role. Instead, this bill perverts the role of government by making it dictatorial, arbitrary and empowered to end the lives of innocent human beings as a cost-saving measure.
“While Washington, D.C. policy makers scurry to maintain the status quo on tax-funded abortion, the grassroots pro-life movement and the American people in general are fed up.
"Voters are smart enough to know that no amount of Stupak/Nelson/Casey ‘pro-life’ band-aids will cure the mortal, gaping wound this bill will inflict on the American people.
"Make no mistake – even with the Stupak Amendment, even with the Nelson Amendment and most assuredly with the Casey ‘compromise,’ the health care reform bill is an intrinsically unjust assault on the rights and human personhood of every single American.
"The Stupak/Nelson/Casey abortion compromises allow federal funding of abortion in cases of rape, incest and life of the mother. All versions of the health care reform bill contain euthanasia redefined, funding of sex education and abortifacient contraception, rationed health care and no conscience protections, among other offenses against equality and human dignity.
"It's time to stand up for true health care. It's time to stop seeking abortion compromises and kill the bill."
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
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