Another Kennedy blasts bishops over abortion
December 09, 2009
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy, has blasted the nation’s bishops for opposing the use of federal funds to pay for abortions. Mrs. Townsend is the first cousin of Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), whom Bishop Thomas Tobin has publicly called to repentance and conversion for supporting abortion.
“There are millions of pro-abortion rights Catholics who understand that women faced with unintended pregnancies or complications in wanted pregnancies have to make difficult, complex decisions for themselves and their families,” Mrs. Townsend writes. “They do not make the decision to have an abortion lightly and without weighing all of their options. They must retain the ability to make this decision and the ability to access the care they need, whatever their choice may be. That means they must have access to health insurance that covers abortion care-- just as millions of Americans must have access to affordable health insurance and health care.”
Straining credulity, Mrs. Townsend’s concluding paragraph leads readers to believe that the Vatican would support health care legislation that would fund abortions. “I want Catholic bishops to heed the Vatican’s call for charity and justice for all, not just for the wealthy and well connected,” she writes.
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Posted by: TheJournalist64 -
Dec. 09, 2009 7:43 PM ET USA
The term "unintended pregnancy," recall, is NewSpeak for "a defenseless human child with infinite dignity."
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Posted by: williiam ronner -
Dec. 09, 2009 7:35 PM ET USA
The last line is revealing. Uncle Teddy would have been excommunicated if it were not for his families influence, which is now waining.
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Posted by: ginamarie91432156 -
Dec. 09, 2009 2:07 PM ET USA
My only response to Ms. Townsend is that the means does not justify the end. The logic she presents here is nothing more than rationalization; and you cannot rationalize millions of human deaths each year, any more than Nazis could rationalize the millions of human deaths for which they were guilty.
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Posted by: sparch -
Dec. 09, 2009 1:49 PM ET USA
Sideline: I think Phil was right. This is round two for Patches Kennedy. Patrick has become Kathleen.
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Posted by: Frodo1945 -
Dec. 09, 2009 11:30 AM ET USA
That entire Kennedy generation is confused about the Roman Catholic religion. Trace it back to their parents' disregard for catholic teachings.
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Posted by: -
Dec. 09, 2009 11:13 AM ET USA
Mrs. Kennedy Townsend should get a black belt in straining credulity. Without the name "Kennedy" she'd be just another Call to Action clone.
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Posted by: DrJazz -
Dec. 09, 2009 11:09 AM ET USA
I don't recall hearing any Kennedy call for "justice for all" when Teddy drove off the bridge at Chappaquiddick. The "wealthy and well connected" were exempt from justice in that case. Now, under the guise of justice, the wealthy and well connected Kennedys propose to confiscate a portion of the working man's wages to pay for abortions. No thanks. Dear Bishops, please excommunicate them all.
