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Could a Catholic in good conscience vote for a candidate who has supported infanticide?

February 26th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Barack Obama is the only US senator on record for voting for infanticide. As an Illinois state senator, he led the opposition to the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act (BAIPA), which says, "A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law."

Why was such a law needed? Late-term abortions often use prostaglandin to induce contractions, forcing a premature birth. The labor contractions usually kill the baby, but not always. Sometimes preemies survive the procedure, fighting for air, nourishment, and a human touch. Standard practice has been to abandon the baby to die, lying in a pool of afterbirth and medical waste.

When BAIPA came before the Illinois Senate in 2001, Obama said it would establish that babies surviving abortion "are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a child, a nine-month old child that was delivered to term." Apparently, Obama thinks you have to be nine months old to be protected from abuse and neglect.

Three months later, the U.S. Senate passed the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act by a vote of 98-0. At the federal level, the bill included an explicit disclaimer about babies still in utero. Later, Obama claimed he would have supported the federal version.

That was a lie. When the federal language was included in an Illinois version in 2003, Chairman Obama bottled it up in the Health Committee, killing the bill.

Barack Obama is not just for abortion. Obama demands that every abortion result in a dead baby. My question is, can a Catholic in good conscience vote for a candidate who is not just pro-choice, but pro-death?

Oh, most definitely not. Our Bishop just sent out a letter to the entire diocese last week reminding is that not only must we vote our conscience, but we must remember that our foremost duty as Catholics is to protect life, from conception to natural death, and it would therefore be an unconscionable decision and a form of self excommunication to vote for a candidate that openly supports abortion, especially when there is an opposing candidate that will work to protect life.

  1. socraticmethod15
    February 26th, 2010 at 21:58 | #1

    No.

    Just look on youtube for Fr. Corapi’s "Eleventh Hour Election Alert" (parts 1-3). You can’t vote for a pro-death politician and rationalize issues in the economy etc. as a valid excuse.
    References :
    Fr. Corapi
    every Catholic voting guide

  2. christiandefenderfaith
    February 26th, 2010 at 22:06 | #2

    Not me. There are some issues on which we can legitimately differ. But whether infants not wanted by their mothers should be neglected and allowed to die is not one of them.

    CDF
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  3. ALL of Grace (Kathryn E. Stuart)
    February 26th, 2010 at 22:49 | #3

    Absolutely not.
    References :
    The Culture of Life stance of the Church and me…

  4. paula r
    February 26th, 2010 at 23:24 | #4

    I work w/ a Catholic who is probably his greatest supporter! She has no problem w/ this at all! BUT she claims capital punishment is to outlawed.I think she is a lunatic.I’m for McCain.I can’t kill the innocent.
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  5. catroina54
    February 27th, 2010 at 00:04 | #5

    NO,we cannot.

    There’s more than the "born alive act" here.
    we still have direct murder via "partial birth" abortion.

    You also have the in obama’s own words that the FIRST THING he’ll do as president is enact the FOCA.

    please educate yourselves.
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  6. Roman C
    February 27th, 2010 at 00:39 | #6

    Can’t do it. That goes against everything we believe and stand for. Sounds alot like some of our "Catholic" elected officials.
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  7. domenic x
    February 27th, 2010 at 01:19 | #7

    My question in deciding would be : " Is he of the same idea as he was then? " I strongly don’t agree with that because otherwise I would be agreeing with him in that case. I can’t judge any one. Is he of the same opinion or promising that he would enforce what he voted against at that time? If I were to vote I would have to see if he is of the same opinion. As a Catholic I would not give my approval. So, is there a possibility that he changed his idea? If not , I won’t give my vote
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  8. amazon_warrior_98
    February 27th, 2010 at 01:36 | #8

    Oh, most definitely not. Our Bishop just sent out a letter to the entire diocese last week reminding is that not only must we vote our conscience, but we must remember that our foremost duty as Catholics is to protect life, from conception to natural death, and it would therefore be an unconscionable decision and a form of self excommunication to vote for a candidate that openly supports abortion, especially when there is an opposing candidate that will work to protect life.
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  9. James O
    February 27th, 2010 at 02:05 | #9

    No, especially if there is an alternative
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  10. Johnny De J>C>B
    February 27th, 2010 at 02:49 | #10

    Catholic doctrine is pro-life. In the church their is no such thing as dissension from doctrine.
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  11. spiritroaming
    February 27th, 2010 at 02:58 | #11

    Hell no. Emphatically, hell no.

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  12. CrG
    February 27th, 2010 at 03:14 | #12

    No.
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  13. cashelmara
    February 27th, 2010 at 03:54 | #13

    No

    Abortion is murder of a baby.
    Calling the baby a fetus doesn’t change the fact it is a baby.
    A baby is not a parasite.

    McCain ’08
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  14. mariatheresa
    February 27th, 2010 at 04:42 | #14

    a catholic? Your speaking of one who is practicing, and who cares also for the other, not just his own, as in me and mine. a catholic cannot vote for obama, but some will anyway. I know 2 catholics one was going to vote for hilary and the other one said she will vote for obama cuz he is for the poor.
    I hate the ignorant selfish choices people make in spite of being catholic. We should say, no Christian could vote for obama not just the catholics.
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  15. tony.mammano
    February 27th, 2010 at 04:58 | #15

    The answer is obvious. While I would be the first to admit the Catholic Church has it’s share of problems, I do not believe idiocy is one of them. The facts speak for themselves, and no Christian who has the strength and fortitude to vote their heart, would ever. Any Christian who would vote for Mr. Obama would have to have been living under a rock.
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