It's Sunday, and pro-abortion President Biden will take Communion again
As a Catholic, let me deliver this message to all of those fellow Catholics who are disappointed with President Biden: what were you thinking?
Suddenly, there are pro-life Democrats disappointed with their party. Again, didn't you know that your party is committed to a pro-abortion message? I may be wrong, but wasn't Governor Casey the last pro-life prime-time speaker at a party convention? That was in 1992, and a fellow named Perot was running for president.
Once again, we hear that bishops are talking about the Catholic who has never heard of an abortion he'd disapprove of.
This is from National Catholic Register:
In his first weeks in office, he issued an executive order to cancel the Mexico City Policy that prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding of abortion and advocacy for abortion abroad. The move flouted repeated reminders from the U.S. bishops about how his pro-abortion commitments conflict with the Church's clear teaching about this preeminent moral issue of our time, as well as Pope Francis' repeated warnings about "modern forms of ideological colonization," including the exportation of a progressive agenda against the unborn.
With the stroke of a pen, our nation's Catholic president forced his fellow Catholics, and other Americans who abhor abortion on the grounds of their faith-based belief in the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, to violate their consciences by making them complicit in funding the international abortion lobby.
Biden's executive action, undertaken with the deliberate intent to convey his complete conformity with the Democratic Party's allegiances to Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry, was followed by the confirmation of a succession of stridently pro-abortion appointees to senior administration posts. Most notably, Biden installed Xavier Becerra as secretary of Health and Human Services. Becerra, a Catholic politician who dissents on abortion even more flagrantly than the president, began his campaign to integrate pro-abortion priorities into the framework of the federal government in April by overturning the HHS' prohibition on Title X health-care funding being directed to organizations that are involved with abortion.
Planned Parenthood will be by far the biggest beneficiary of the Title X money that is now poised to flood into the abortion industry.
Sorry, but it's time end the charade. President Biden may think that he is a Catholic, but his actions say otherwise.
The bishops need to call him out on it and include Speaker Pelosi in the announcement. Abortion is a major issue for the Catholic faith, and President Biden, and Speaker Pelosi, can't continue with their games.
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Planned Parenthood Seeks Even ‘Bolder’ Policies from Biden-Harris
Planned Parenthood stated Friday that, while the Biden-Harris administration is “on the right track” in making policy it considers essential, the organization is looking for even “bolder” moves in the days ahead.
As President Joe Biden marks his first 100 days in office, Planned Parenthood, both the largest provider of abortions in the nation and now the second largest provider of transgender hormone treatments, said in a press announcement “there are increasing signs that the country is on the right track.”
“Planned Parenthood and our supporters have been paying close attention to the Biden-Harris administration’s actions in its first 100 days, and we’re encouraged by what we’ve seen so far,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood CEO, lamenting further about the policies put in place by the pro-life Trump administration:
The administration’s steps to undo the harm of the past four years and support sexual and reproductive health care are a promising start — but the work has only just begun. Planned Parenthood is ready to work with both the administration and Congress, and push for bolder policies every step of the way.
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— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) April 24, 2021
In its statement, Planned Parenthood alleged that “people of color, those with low incomes, and the LGBTQ+ community” are still requiring “access to health care, sexual and reproductive care, and other basic human rights” that “remain out of reach.”
All of those identified groups are a primary source of clients for Planned Parenthood. The organization is especially pushing the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress to assure taxpayer Medicaid funds may now be used to pay for abortions and transgender hormone treatments at its clinics.
“Medicaid is the largest payer of reproductive health care in the country,” Jacqueline Ayers, Planned Parenthood vice president of government relations and public policy, said, according to Ms. magazine.
“And black, Latino, LGBTQ, low-income folks are disproportionately enrolled in the program and rely on this program,” she added.
This is part of America's long-overdue racial reckoning, while we continue to grapple with ongoing violence against Black lives, COVID's disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, and Latino communities, and constant barriers to health care due to systemic racism + oppression.
— Alexis McGill Johnson (@alexismcgill) April 20, 2021
Planned Parenthood lists the following as “accomplishments” of the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration:
- Move to reverse the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule that created a clear boundary between abortion and family planning.
- Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act which, Ayers said, “does incentivize states to expand Medicaid coverage by allowing increased federal funds.”
The legislation did not include the Hyde and Helms Amendments, which have traditionally prohibited taxpayer monies from funding abortions in the United States and overseas, respectively. Pro-life leaders consider the measure a bail-out for the abortion industry.
- The FDA’s announcement it will be lifting restrictions on the health and safety standards applied to abortion-inducing drugs, allowing for their dispensation via telemedicine and through the mail.
- Biden’s executive order revoking the pro-life policy known as the Mexico City Policy, which bans foreign organizations that receive U.S. financial aid from promoting or performing abortions as a method of family planning.
Planned Parenthood referred to the Mexico City Policy as “neocolonialist.”
For the last four years, your health and rights have been under attack. Now, we are reimagining a better future for sexual and reproductive freedom — including restoring and modernizing Title X. Your voice can make a difference: https://t.co/MimpqXhDba #RightfullyOurs pic.twitter.com/SFwoJ9hqDS
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) April 22, 2021
- Prioritizing black maternal health care.
- Appointing abortion “champions” such as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, assistant HHS secretary Rachel Levine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
- Establishment of a Gender Policy Council.
Planned Parenthood said it will push in the days to come for budgets that “eliminate[s] the Hyde and Helms amendments and related restrictions on abortion,” and ones that also increase “funding for sexual and reproductive health care programs at home and abroad.”
Additionally, the abortion and transgender industry giant said it will seek an immediate end to “policies that target immigrant communities, their health care, and families,” and to bolster efforts to ensure Medicaid patients are able to obtain their services at Planned Parenthood facilities, a goal that would allow Planned Parenthood even greater access to taxpayer funding.
Biden Threw Open Door to Abortion Funding in First 100 Days, Report Says
President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office saw his administration free up billions of dollars in taxpayer money to subsidize abortion providers, according to a report published Thursday.
The religious Family Research Council released a report detailing Biden's executive actions and congressional Democrats' legislative pushes to allow taxpayer money to go to abortion providers. The report estimates that Biden has allowed far more taxpayer dollars to go to abortion providers than former president Barack Obama did.
The funding primarily came from the American Rescue Plan, the massive aid package passed by Congress along party lines and signed by Biden in March. The bill was passed without Hyde Amendment protections, which allowed a portion of the funds to go to health plans and family planning programs without restrictions on those funds going toward abortions. The Family Research Council's report estimates that up to half-a-trillion dollars could be used to pay for abortions through Democratic state funding for health plans, while National Right to Life president Carol Tobias said $414 billion "potentially could be used to pay for elective abortions or insurance plans that cover elective abortions."
Other policies Biden has instituted include a reversal on the prohibition of federal funding for foreign organizations that provide abortion services, the repeal of restrictions on the mailing of abortion-inducing drugs, and a change to the Title X program to allow Planned Parenthood to reenroll to obtain taxpayer family planning funding.
Other parts of government have also loosened restrictions on abortion funding. The National Institutes of Health announced it will repeal Trump administration policies restricting the use of aborted fetal tissue in scientific research.
"As Senator Tim Scott noted in his remarks last night after the Biden address, this is a president who has failed to find the common ground he promised," said Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. "Instead, President Biden has prioritized spending taxpayer dollars on abortion, making Obama look moderate by comparison."
The Biden administration did not respond to a request for comment.
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