The USCCB simply will not cease their pipe dream of socialized health care in this country. In numerous places in this blog (and others - look to the right sidebar), it has been amply demonstrated how nationalized health care will be
inherently anti-life, as government bureaucrats take authority over our health decisions. The USCCB, and the rest of the left-wing contingent in the Church hierarchy and establishment, think that if abortion funding is removed and some other tweeks occur, then the Hell Bill will be hot to trot!
In the Feb 25th issue of the Catholic Standard, page 8, we see an article written by Richard Doerflinger, an associate director of the USCCB's Pro-Life Office, entitled,
Health Care Reform and the Pro-Life Agenda. By the way - I don't see it on the Standard's web page, but the exact article is on that of the Arlington Catholic Herald - that's why I linked to that.
When I first saw that title, I suspected that there would be an attempt to wed inextribly the unborn children and the Obama Hell Bill. Unfortunately I was correct. The bulk of the article can be summed up in this paraphrase: "Gee whiz, Congress! Please, oh pretty please, don't accuse the Church of being obstructionists! All we want is abortion funding removed; you're the meanies! Just take abortion funding out and we'll be ecstatic, and we'll love and worship and be grateful to you forever!"
The last few sentences are especially telling. "
To Catholics, abandoning helpless unborn children is not an option. Nor is abandoning millions of people who lack access to health care." Notice the none-too-subtle equating of the murder of the unborn with the situation of some uninsured people. Mr. Doerflinger, please do not equate the two, especially when one of them is cold, calculated murder. He then says (wait for it!) "
Members of Congress made some progress last year toward reform that respects the life, health and conscience of everyone." You mean the Stupak Amendment? The one that most with the brains of billygoats knew would be scuttled - as it was? Please, oh please, take off those rose-colored glasses! But wait! Could all this be its own ruse? This article is coming from the USCCB, that stellar, sterling, prestigious institution infested with liberal Democrats who funnel donation dollars to their liberal pro-abortion chums.
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