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STATEMENT OF COUPLES FOR CHRIST - FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY & LIFE (USA)
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DECISION TO ALLOW TAXPAYER MONEY
TO PROLIFERATE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
WE, the COUPLES FOR CHRIST - FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY & LIFE (USA), an ecclesial movement in the Catholic Church, hereby declare that our members are appalled by President Barack Obama's decision allowing our tax dollars to fund the proliferation of embryonic stem cell research that will result in the rampant killing of living embryos.
This move by the President swings the door wide open in the production of more embryos in the laboratories of scientists and the destruction of such scientifically proven living persons, though early in their development as human beings, for the purpose of harvesting their human cells for trial and error experimentation. It is indeed discouraging that in the midst of a dying economy and the devastation of the equity on our homes and retirement funds, this President chooses to invest millions more of federal funds to support the unpromising and “dying” technology that is embryonic stem cell research instead of the ethical and successfully proven adult stem cell research.
By making this unprecedented move that even co-Democrat President Clinton did not approve, President Obama boldly stamps his administration as a major architect in further escalating the culture of death in this country. We, the Couples for Christ - Foundation for Family and Life (USA), therefore denounce this aggressive killing of innocent life for use of their stem cells (body parts) as the most immoral, unethical, and misguided decision ever by a US President.
On this dark day in the history of the US, we pray for America, “one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all”.
March 9, 2009
President Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record:A Pro-Life Compilation
Posted By: Human Life of Washington-State Office, Dan Kennedy, CEO
Date: 05 March 2009
Since his election, President Obama and his administration have worked tirelessly to promote abortion and hurt pro-life gains made in the past several years.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The following is a compilation of bill signings, speeches, appointments and other actions that President Barack Obama has engaged in that have promoted abortion before and during his presidency. While Obama has promised to reduce abortions and some of his supporters believe that will happen, this long list proves his only agenda is promoting more abortions.
Find the full list with links here...
Post-Election / Pre-Inauguration
November 5, 2008 - Obama selects pro-abortion Rep. Rahm Emanuel as his White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel has a 0% pro-life voting record according to National Right to Life.
November 19, 2008 - Obama picks pro-abortion former Sen. Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services Secretary.
November 20, 2008 - Obama chooses former NARAL legal director Dawn Johnsen to serve as a member of his Department of Justice Review Team and as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel in the Obama administration.
November 24, 2008 - Obama appoints Ellen Moran, the former director of the pro-abortion group Emily's List as his White House communications director. Emily's List only supported candidates who favored taxpayer funded abortions and opposed a partial-birth abortion ban.
November 24, 2008 - Obama puts former Emily's List board member Melody Barnes in place as his director of the Domestic Policy Council.
November 30, 2008 - Obama named pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State. Clinton has an unblemished pro-abortion voting record.
December 10, 2008 - Obama selects pro-abortion former Clinton administration official Jeanne Lambrew to become the deputy director of the White House Office of Health Reform.
Pro-Abortion Presidential Record - 2009
January 5, 2009 - Obama picks pro-abortion Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the chairman of the Democratic Party.
January 6, 2009 - Obama chooses Thomas Perrelli, the lawyer who represented Terri Schiavo's husband Michael in his efforts to kill his disabled wife, as the third highest attorney in the Justice Department.
January 22, 2009 - Releases statement restating support for Roe v. Wade decision that allowed virtually unlimited abortions and has resulted in at least 50 million abortions since 1973.
January 23, 2009 - Forces taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations. Decison to overturn Mexico City Policy sends part of $457 million to pro-abortion organizations.
January 26, 2009 - Obama nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, James B. Steinberg, tells members of the Senate that taxpayers should be forced to fund abortions. Nominee erroneously says limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional.
January 29, 2009 - President Obama nominates pro-abortion David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General.
February 12, 2009 - Obama nominates pro-abortion Elena Kagan to serve as Solicitor General.
February 27, 2009 - Starts the process of overturning pro-life conscience protections President Bush put in place to make sure medical staff and centers are not forced to do abortions.
February 28, 2009 - Barack Obama nominates pro-abortion Kathleen Sebelius to become Secretary of Health and Human Services.March 9, 2009 - Barack Obama lifts the 8-year ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.__._,_.___
E-ALERT
President Obama lifts executive order restricting federal (taxpayer) funding for destructive research on human embryos
"A Sad Victory of Politics over Science and Ethics," says Cardinal Rigali, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities
Msgr. Mark Seitz: "When moral absolutes are sacrificed, no matter how good and urgent our intention may be, we all sacrifice our human dignity."
Executive Order on Embryonic Stem Cells "A Sad Victory of Politics over Science and Ethics," says Cardinal Rigali
"In his January 16th letter to President-elect Obama, Cardinal George, writing as President of the USCCB, cited three reasons why such destructive research is 'especially pointless at this time':
- 'First, basic research in the capabilities of embryonic stem cells can be and is being pursued using the currently eligible cell lines as well as the hundreds of lines produced with nonfederal funds since 2001.
- 'Second, recent startling advances in reprogramming adult cells into embryonic-like stem cells – hailed by the journal Science as the scientific breakthrough of the year – are said by many scientists to be making embryonic stem cells irrelevant to medical progress.
- 'Third, adult and cord blood stem cells are now known to have great versatility, and are increasingly being used to reverse serious illnesses and even help rebuild damaged organs. To divert scarce funds away from these promising avenues for research and treatment toward the avenue that is most morally controversial as well as most medically speculative would be a sad victory of politics over science.'
"If the government wants to invest in hope for cures and promote ethically sound science, it should use our tax monies for research that everyone, at every stage of human development, can live with."###ACTION ITEMResearch that destroys human embryos is morally unethical, unpopular and unnecessary. This is a very sad day in America. Lord, have mercy on us and on our nation.
Please send a message to the White House letting President Obama know you disapprove of this new policy and would like for him to support building a culture of life.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/Reflections from Rev. Msgr. Mark J. Seitz, pastor of St. Rita Catholic Church, Dallas
Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Human Dignity
It is often said that every man has his price. In this age it seems that even moral absolutes have their price in the minds of many. Actions are viewed as morally wrong only until I decide that the action would have sufficient benefits for me. This is the moral relativism we have often heard our present and our previous Holy Fathers condemn. This approach to morality has led our society into actions many of us would never have imagined possible.
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