A statement by Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America:
“Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC is proud to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president. Sen. Obama has been a strong advocate for a woman’s right to choose throughout his career in public office. He steadfastly supports and defends a woman’s right to make the most personal, private decisions regarding her reproductive health without interference from government or politicians.
“Sen. Obama has been a leader on this issue in the United States Senate. Since joining the Senate in 2005, he has worked to unite Americans on both side of this debate behind commonsense, common-ground ways to prevent unintended pregnancy. Sen. Obama supports legislation to provide our teens with comprehensive sex education, prevent pharmacies from denying women access to their legal birth-control prescriptions, and increase access to family-planning services.
I will not stand side by side with NARAL no matter who the candidate is.
“prevent pharmacies from denying women access to their legal birth-control prescriptions”
I hear about these cases in the news. I have nt followed the case law on this but this is very disturbing
I will not stand side by side with NARAL no matter who the candidate is.
Are you sure you want to lock into that absolutism? There were a number of disparate organizations willing to lock hands to fight against campaign finance reform.
C’mon Policratus. You’ve got to view the entire spectrum of issues here. For certain, every candidate you potentially like will be endorsed by a group you disagree with.
This is my first year voting EVER, because I moved to the U.S. when I was 17 so I couldn’t vote in Venezuela and now I’ll be getting my citizenship this year… I’m so sad I don’t have anyone to vote for :’(
One need not like the alternatives to recognize this: Obama is the most “pro-choice” major party candidate for president in American history. He is completely in tune with the abortion lobby, and has stated on several occasions that the Freedom of Choice Act would be one of his highest legislative priorities.
Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, Mondale, Carter – all at least had moments of rhetorical doubt and stated uncomfortableness, and used the language of “safe, legal, rare” and so on. There was a recognition that many Americans are deeply uncomfortable with abortion on demand.
Obama offers none of this, either in voting record or campaign talk. It’s no surprise NARAL endorses him. Here is the legislation all Catholics must lobby hard to stop:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/issues/abortion/access-to-abortion/freedom-of-choice-act.html
These words from Pope Paul VI should make every Catholic think before voting for Obama:
(From the Peace Message, “If You Want Peace, Defend Life“)
C’mon Policratus. You’ve got to view the entire spectrum of issues here. For certain, every candidate you potentially like will be endorsed by a group you disagree with.
Absolutely. There are many groups with which I disagree that I can stand by in supporting a candidate. But not all groups with which I disagree are NARAL.
“I’m so sad I don’t have anyone to vote for :’(”
Katerina, I am seriously thinking of casting an empty ballot. It is my only form of protest that I have. If my system of Government only gives me a choice between pro-death and more pro-death, I refuse to participate in it. I have wavered first from being a pro-McCain to a pro-Obama. Yet at the end of the day, I just cannot sacrifice the pro-life vote. All rhetoric is mere rhetoric if people have to die.
While I think that I’m probably going to abstain, I think that our refusal to participate only make sense as a Catholic voting bloc seeking to exert pressure on the political system. In other words, if 10 million Catholics wrote-in, “A Future Catholic President”, that would help us to shape the next election. But if 10 million Catholics just decide not to show up at the polls, that’s a different story.
But I thought Vox-Nova contributors said he was the most “Catholic” dandidate? But I thought he was against “most” abortions?
Why exactly is this a surprise? Don’t the people who support him here actually look at his voting record and statements on record regarding this issue?
Teutonic Tim: Get over it! We have NEVER had a consensus here that all of us support Obama. Please back up what you say where every single contributor here supports Obama! Who are you quoting? Really?
I agree with you,Nate. We have to show our numbers by showing we care but don’t agree with Any of the Above. Sadly, Catholics will vote for Dems or Repubs with the whole “lesser of evils” spiel.
Those who would side with NARAL would have also sided with Adolph Hitler. Voting for Obama is tantamount to voting for genocide
Perhaps you could stick to one psuedonym Chuck/Rita.
I find it so odd that everyone focuses on Obama, yet McCain, as Policraticus has pointed out before, believes that human beings should be manufactured in a lab so that they can be used as parts for others. Bar-freaking-baric! It is all bad and try as I might, as much as I WANT to participate in the political world, I just cannot. I cannot get over the inherent anti-life policies both parties endorse.
RCM-
Your criticism of McCain is entirely fair. My hope is that McCain’s Catholic supporters will be able to convince him that his support for federal funding of ESCR undermines his otherwise stellar prolife record. I am not sure that we’ll be successful in changing his mind, but I do think the recent advancements in non-embyronic stem cell research are have a positive impact on McCain. Whether these promising scientific advancements are enough to bring McCain around remains to be seen.
RadicalCatholicMom – Relax, i didn’t say all contributors here thought the same. It’s just that noone ever calls out the ones that do, even with some pretty blatant enthusiasm here in the posts.
Tim: I disagree with our contributors who support Obama, like I disagree with any Catholic who supports McCain. But what I DO understand is why each Catholic supports who they support. We have a crappy system and people of Faith are trying their hardest to somehow fit into a bad system and convert it. Kudos to them! I just find it especially odd that everyone attacks Catholics who support Obama when, frankly, the Republican nominee supports engineering humans in a factory, and the fact he is against 95% of the rest of abortions is really irrelevant if humans can be reduced to some scientific lab experiment. We are ALL in danger at that point. Why be against abortion in the 3rd trimester if you can kill them early on? Strange argument.
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