GOOD FRIDAY PRAYERS TO END ABORTION

On Good Friday (29 March A.D. 2002), Roman Catholics the world over are mobilizing to pray the Rosary for an end to the legalization of abortion around the world. We will be praying between 12 noon and 3 pm (in your local time zone).

Although it will not be Good Friday for the Holy Orthodox Church, I am praying that members of the Orthodox faith will pray for an end to abortion at the same time -- perhaps the Jesus Prayer beads or whatever devotion would be appropriate. (I believe there is an Akathist Hymn for the Helpless Unborn). I hope one of our Orthodox Freepers can provide more guidance.

I would also like to ask Anglicans and Episcopalians to join in this prayer either by praying the Rosary (or the Anglican Rosary), by saying the Way of the Cross, or by saying your Great Litany and offering it up as a prayer to end abortion.

I also pray other Christians will join in praying for an end to the legalization of abortion tomorrow by whatever method is customary for them -- extemporaneous prayer, Bible reading, or a form of prayer from their denomination.

* In 1995 the U.S. House voted (288-139) to ban partial-birth abortion: This is a Nazi-like procedure whereby a baby is delivered feet first all the way up to his neck. With the head almost protruding from the vaginal opening, an abortionist punctures the back of the baby’s skull with pliers and removes the baby’s brains. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a liberal Democrat from New York (now retired) who backs contraception and abortion, has called the partial-birth abortion “procedure” close to “infanticide.” He does not support it. Nonetheless, in that House vote on Nov. 1, 1995, at least 26 “Catholic” representatives voted in favor of partial-birth abortion. They were:

Rep. Ed Pastor (D
Rep. John Baldacci (D
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D
Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D
Rep. Tom Miller (D
Rep. Edward Markey (D
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D
Rep. Marty Meehan (D
Rep. Pat Schroeder (D
Rep. Bill Luther (D
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D
Rep. Bruce Vento (D
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D
Rep. William Clay (D
Rep. Lane Evans (D
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D
Rep. Robert Menendez (D
Rep. Peter Viclosly (D
Rep. Frank Pallone (D
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R
Rep. Rick Defazio (D
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D
Rep. William Coyne (D
Rep. Charles Rangel (D
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D
Rep. Jose Serrano (D

Then, on Dec. 7, 1995, the U.S. Senate voted (54-44) to ban partial-birth abortions. At least eight “Catholic” senators voted against the ban and, thus, in favor of partial-birth abortions. They were:

Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD), now Senate Majority Leader
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)
Sen. Thomas Harkin (D-Iowa)
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Sen. Barbara Milkulski (D-Md.)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

The following Catholic senators also have voted in favor of partial-birth abortion:

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Me.)
Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.)—retired

Based on their votes—and their long-standing public support for abortion and “family planning”—the Catholic congressmen above are objectively guilty of a “moral evil” and have been, objectively, excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

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