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Catholic Publication Deems President Obama More Pro-Life Than Mitt Romney
President Obama has taken a lot of heat and hatred from Catholic Bishops as of late for his decision to expand womens access to contraception, a move that members of the Catholic Church and the Republican Party claim is pro-abortion. Indeed, the Catholic hierarchy and conservative politicians such as Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and others seek to ban contraception and abortion services entirely based upon their twisted interpretation of the Bible.
So that makes Romney more pro-life than President Obama, right? Not so fast.
In an article published by the National Catholic Reporter, an independent news source, civil and canon attorney and Duquesne School of Law Professor Nicholas Cafardi deems President Obama the most pro-life candidate in the 2012 Presidential election. Sorry Romney supporters.
Cafardi didnt just say this out of the blue either. In fact, he makes a compelling case based upon what Obama has done in his four years in office versus what Romney did as Governor of Massachusetts and what he is now advocating in his current policy.
According to Cafardi, even though President Obama is pro-choice, by providing hundreds of millions of dollars through the Affordable Care Act to help poor women, Obama is actually giving more women the ability to decide against abortion, therefore cutting the number of abortions.
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Full article here: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/14/catholic-publication-deems-president-obama-more-pro-life-than-mitt-romney/
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Catholic Publication Deems President Obama More Pro-Life Than Mitt Romney (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Aug 2012
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limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)1. Makes sense to me.
I hope religious conservatives will all think a little deeper about what it really means to be "pro-life". It's a very old concept and it is about something else besides just rigid support for anti-abortion laws.
calimary
(81,440 posts)2. I like this VERY much!!!
Gonna send it to some people I know who mumble "baby-killer" under their breath when referring to President Obama.
GREAT information!!!!
Besides, when you screw the poor (those "least of these" folks some bearded guy in the Bible kept talking about), you're your very own death panel.
goclark
(30,404 posts)6. plus another 1
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)5. Here's a link to the original.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)7. That is some powerful stuff there! Thanks.