FIDELIS » Infanticide http://blog.fidelis.org A Catholic perspective on the political scene Tue, 11 May 2010 14:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Jesuit sets bar too low for Obama http://blog.fidelis.org/?p=290 http://blog.fidelis.org/?p=290#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:29:01 +0000 Josh Mercer http://blog.fidelis.org/?p=290 Father Kavanaugh wrote an open letter to Barack Obama in the Jesuit magazine, America, where he noted that many Catholics might be inclined to support the Illinois Democrat because of the war and poverty issues, but are turned off by his support of abortion. Fr. Kavanaugh made special note of Obama’s refusal to support legislation protecting infants born after a botched abortion attempt.

From the Catholic News Agency: 

Father Kavanaugh acknowledged that some Catholics will never vote for a Democrat, but emphasized that there is another group trending away from Obama “because they think you not only defend partial-birth abortion but also are against lifesaving therapy for newborns surviving an abortion attempt.”

Saying Obama’s attempts to explain his stand on partial birth abortion and treatments for abortion survivors “seemed evasive,” Father Kavanaugh asked: “Can you just simply affirm your conviction that any newborn, even after an abortion attempt, should be given effective life-sustaining treatment?”

Makes you wonder, if Obama were to recant his position on infanticide, then would you support him Fr. Kavanaugh? Talk about low expectations!

I appreciate that Fr. Kavanaugh is trying to have a conversation with Obama on this topic. And Fr. Kavanaugh is admittedly no conservative. But he’s asked the wrong question. He should ask Obama to throw overboard his support for partial-birth abortion now that the Court has given the ban its approval. Obama’s refusal to do that, coupled with his support for infanticide is inexcusible.

At what point does dialogue become pointless? Barack Obama is an unapologetic support of abortion and also infanticide. He must not be elected President of the United States. Period.

]]> http://blog.fidelis.org/?feed=rss2&p=290 1 CNN covers Obama’s votes on Born Alive bill http://blog.fidelis.org/?p=266 http://blog.fidelis.org/?p=266#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:07:04 +0000 Josh Mercer http://blog.fidelis.org/?p=266 How did I miss this? CNN put together a pretty fair story on Barack Obama voting against a bill to save the lives of babies born from botched abortions. The position of Barack Obama was to let these babies, already born and kicking on the table, slowly die from dehydration. The position of Barack Obama is so radical it sets it apart from Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer who both voted to support a bill protecting these babies.

Let’s roll the tape:

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