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Posted on 08/21/2006 11:21:14 AM PDT by Pyro7480
President Bush Files for Divorce with Catholic Base
Catholic Pro-Life Leader states: “President Bush’s implied support for the abortion-causing drug Plan B is completely inconsistent with his recent veto of the embryonic stem cell research funding bill”
FRONT ROYAL, Va., Aug. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, issued the following response to President George W. Bush’s statements today regarding his support for Andrew von Eschenbach and his recent decision to seek over-the-counter (OTC) status for the abortifacient drug Plan B. When asked by reporter Bill Sammon about the situation, Bush stated: “I believe that Plan B ought to be -- ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision.”
“President Bush’s implied support for the abortion-causing drug Plan B is completely inconsistent with his recent veto of the embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) funding bill. What the president apparently fails to realize is that Plan B kills the same innocent unborn children that the ESCR process does.
“The president must demonstrate a consistent respect for the sanctity of all human life or he risks provoking a great divorce with the conservative Catholics that compromise a large part of his support base. Human beings in the embryonic stage of development deserve equal protection under the law and the president’s position falls far short of that mark.
“I reiterate my call for President Bush to withdraw his nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach for FDA commissioner and I implore him to rethink his own reckless approach to the powerful abortion-causing Plan B drug regimen.”
Q [by Washington Times reporter Bill Sammon]: Thank you very much. Mr. President, some pro-life groups are worried that your choice of FDA Commissioner will approve over the counter sales of Plan B, a pill that, they say, essentially can cause early-term abortions. Do you stand by this choice, and how do you feel about Plan B in general?
THE PRESIDENT: I believe that Plan B ought to be -- ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision.
E-mail or call the White House and tell them what you think about his statement earlier today.
Phone: 202-456-1111
E-mail: comments@whitehouse.gov
Catholic and pro-life ping!
"implied support"
"Implied support" overrides express opposition?
Well, there goes ANY chance of his being re-elected!!!
Where did President Bush express opposition to Plan B being over-the-counter for women over the age 18?
It hurts Republicans who have similar positions to him.
Yeah, like Catholics have been really big Bush supporters anyway.
And your source for this complaint is......
If you bothered to read the article, you'd find this line by Fr. Euteneuer. The president must demonstrate a consistent respect for the sanctity of all human life or he risks provoking a great divorce with the conservative Catholics that compromise a large part of his support base. Human beings in the embryonic stage of development deserve equal protection under the law and the president’s position falls far short of that mark.
Missed that. Nuts.
You are so right about this. I'm surprised my Catholic Church didn't have a vote for Kerry sign on the altar. I hate when people get side tracked about issues like this anyway. It is all about who Bush appoints to the bench. They are the ones making decisions that effect our lives. Carter's appointment of that awful judge that couldn't even write a well written decision puts all our lives in danger. People who won't vote for a Republican because of this decision or sit out and not vote will pay the price when a Hillary appointment makes a outrageous court decision.
Actions speak louder than words. The author here is caring more about what the president does - or doesn't do - than what he says.
someone read the dixie chix ask for divorce from country fans article.
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Plan B is an abortifacient in some cases and allowing it to be distributed by prescription is wrong.
This is the way politicians double talk.
Plan B is promoted as birth control and as one GOP politico who is now the county chairman here in York County, PA put it some years ago. "I'm against abortion but I'm for birth control."
Wrong move for President Bush. He said he supports the plan for women over 18 to be able to get it. Its a microabortion drug. Wrong move Bush, Period.
Bush has had a lot of other actions that were pro-life. For example, appointing Alito and Roberts, pushing for a partial birth abortion ban, blocking fetal stem cell research, etc.
Why do those actions not count?
My source? Right down the street from you in Sacramento, Dan.
Spot on!
I will withhold my thoughts for now....more info.
Too many people want their religion running the government, that government then running the lives of Americans.
Well I have no idea what you mean by that. I was hoping you might quote some polling figures to support your argument.
The fact is that real Catholics who care about things like abortifacents are squarely in Bush's corner, but real Catholics are seldom polled. The ones who have parted ways with Bush are the liberal Catholics who go to Mass twice a year, or not at all.
Don't think I quite understand this article. Are the writers expressing support for the Democrat position on this matter? If not, whose position is closer to theirs -- the President's or the Democrat's?
Nixon was the same way. He wasn't very conservative with the Wage & Price Controls, the Trip To China, and Vietnamization. But he was a staunch anti-communist and they hated his guts for that.
I really don't agree with SINGLE ISSUE VOTERS on either side of this debate.
One is PRE-Conception and the other is POST-Conception???
Also, for the first time since 1928, more Catholics voted Republicans than Democrats in the 2004 presidential election. When they did exit polling during that election, the biggest issue for voters were social issues. It was the "gay marriage" amendments during that election that passed overwhelmingly as well.
The IUD prevents the implantation of the fertilized ovum. That is post-conception. There are types of the BCP that do the same thing. My question is - why have they chosen this type of abortion to take a stand on and not the others?
Have you been hiding in a cave or do you just like spreading bigoted disinformation? Catholics voted 52-47 for Bush over Kerry and mass attending Catholics voted 56-43 against Kerry nationwide. If a majority of Ohio Catholic voters hadn't broke against the nominally Catholic candidate, John Kerry would have won the election.
What a snappy little headline. Mark for later.
Not to worry, I'm sure we have grounds for an annulment. ;-D
Which judge was that?
Don't forget his family and many of the blue bloods are big in Malthusian Population Control, his father wrote the Title X bill in 1969. Once many of the Catholic Mexicans come here and assimilate into our culture, they too, will be encouraged to "prevent" and "control" births. Do you really think that it's about picking crops and votes the republicans will never get?
And is there a statistic that shows how many Catholic women use contraceptives against the teaching of the Church?
I would guess you all would just be amazed.
It doesn't matter. Truth isn't determine by a majority vote. Your argument is the same as "everyone's jumping off the cliff, why don't we?"
I don't believe in organized religion and this is why. The Bible doesn't say anything about birth control and is how most women see it regardless of where they worship.
Well, thanks for being honest.
What, no scripture to throw out?
I don't support the position that the Scripture is the be all and end all of divine revelation. Besides, the teachings of the 12 Apostles who knew Christ and walked with Him clearly said that abortion is immoral.
This keeps coming up. Hoever, the Plan B website has old information. Newer information that shows that it only works before ovulation was presented to the FDA during the hearings concerning making it over the counter.
Just look at the information from this natural planning information website:
http://www.woomb.org/bom/science/physiology.html
See Figure 1
In fact, we give progesterone to protect early pregnancies. In natural cycles, progesterone increases after ovulation.
"I don't support the position that the Scripture is the be all and end all of divine revelation."
Disagree with John Chapter One?
"Besides, the teachings of the 12 Apostles who knew Christ and walked with Him clearly said that abortion is immoral."
To abort a fetus which is viable is murder.
But the Plan B pill prevents fertilization.
Pinging an OB-GYN to post #46.
I have quite a bit of back-up information from the literature. FReepmail me with your email address if you want me to send it.
In addition, it also prevents implantation. Scripture is silent on the issue of when life begins, other than the fact that God formed us in our mother's womb, so in the absence of a clear answer, wouldn't it be better to be cautious?
Disagree with John Chapter One?
What exactly do you mean? John chapter one supports my position that Christianity is a religion of the Word Incarnate, not merely the written word. Also, the last verse of the last chapter of the same Gospel supports my position.
But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written (John 21: 25).
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