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Pope honors pro-abortion Activist!
Pope Francis has conferred the title of "Commander of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great" on Lilianne Ploumen, a Dutch politician and vocal agitator for abortion rights. Last year, Ploumen founded a pro-abortion organization called She Decides, which offers funding and support for international NGOs that provide, facilitate or campaign for abortion." -Source

For those of you that frequent my site, you know about my "Roman Catholic Church and Abortion" page wherein I document how Roman Catholic hospitals have been performing abortions all along and the only reason the Popes claim to fight against it is because it keeps their political foot in the door while at the same time make billions think they are fighting for the rights of the innocent children while actually doing nothing. Tactics like this have been the norm for eons wherein political leaders will play the part of the advocate for the people so as to prevent an outcry of the people

But for some, what the Pope just did seems very odd. But then he did the same thing when he promoted homosexuality. Since 98% of the Vatican prelates are homosexual, not many people were shocked when he did that since many Catholics know about the Vatican's homosexual agenda. But to address the reason he publicly honored a pro-abortion activist; do you recall my videos wherein I documented the fact that all Roman Catholic prelates are card carrying devil worshipers? Not only have they been caught red-handed inside Vatican walls holding a worship service for Satan, and not only was the Vatican building itself designed as an upside-down cross, they actually built an audience hall that resembles the head of a serpent outside and where the Pope and his political comrades stand before the people inside the building, it is designed to look like they are speaking from inside the mouth of the serpent between its two fangs on the platform.

But why did I mention all that and how does being a Satanist connect with being for abortion? Do you recall the video I did back in August of 2015 wherein I share the written testimony of an ex-Satanist who admitted he performed Satanic rituals in abortions clinics because according to the church of Satan killing a child is the best offering one can give to Satan? This is why this Pope is honoring a pro-abortion activist. His dying god demands it and the Pope knows he will be granted even more power in the coming days for his loyal obedience to Satan in openly sanctioning the killing of innocent children as a blood sacrifice unto his dying god. In short, Satan is about to appear as Jesus Christ on earth and he needs to make sure those he controls are actually that loyal to him.

Philosopher who backs legal abortion appointed to Vatican pro-life academy
"Pope Francis has appointed 45 new ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, according to a statement on the Vatican website. They include Nigel Biggar, who has said that he thinks the limit for legal abortion should be 18 weeks. In a dialogue with fellow philosopher Peter Singer in 2011, reported by Standpoint magazine, Biggar said: "I would be inclined to draw the line for abortion at 18 weeks after conception, which is roughly about the earliest time when there is some evidence of brain activity, and therefore of consciousness. In terms of maintaining a strong social commitment to preserving human life in hindered forms, and in terms of not becoming too casual about killing human life, we need to draw the line much more conservatively." -Source

If he was serious about "not becoming too casual about killing human life" he would draw the line at conception and declare that is when God is involved. (See Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 1:5 & Luke 2:12) As per the written Word that says He names us in the womb and so any Bible believer would never even consider abortion because it is murder. But Nigel Biggar is Roman Catholic and so truth is not a prerequisite to any dogma of Rome. Hence the reason they hate Sola Scriptura with such a passion. This is also why the Roman Catholic Vatican approves and even funds abortion clinics in their hospitals. That fact alone shows it's not about the so called Vatican dogma that abortion is wrong. (which it is) Rome only uses the abortion card when it is politically feasible for them to do so; and it has served them well over the years when making sure certain unjust laws get passed as well as good laws get tabled. But let me get this straight, and I hope some Catholics ask similar questions.

The Popes of Rome declare they are against abortion, but yet they not only have hospitals killing babies all over the world, they also appoint pro-abortion killers to their staff as this article confirms. They declare they are against all the killings in Islam, yet evidence has recently been unearthed that shows they wrote the Koran that teaches the Muslims to actually kill Christians. The fact the Muslims kill in the exact same way the Popes of Rome did during the Inquisitions shows the same demons are at work here. They also declare they are against molesting little boys, yet they have declared in writing as early as 60AD to having an issue here and continue to allow Bishops to protect molesters to this day. They say they are against everything Adolph Hitler stands for yet they funded and promoted Roman Catholic Adolph Hitler into power so as to further the political spread of Vatican socialism worldwide. They claim they are against walls being built to prevent Muslims and Mexicans from entering the USA yet the Vatican built a wall to prevent Muslims from entering their city not too long ago and still maintain that wall's structure to this day. They declare Jesus Christ is Lord yet they demand every Roman Catholic also worship both Mary and the Popes, in writing and on camera. They declare the true Sabbath is the Biblical seventh day Sabbath in writing yet they demand in thousands of articles we must keep Sunday as Sabbath today. They declare the Bible is the Word of God yet they declare their vile hatred of it in writing and even call it a poisoner of souls as well as a dead and speechless book. They declare Mexicans should not partake in voodoo practices in Africa yet their local priests join them each time they have national exhibits of same as well as parades. They claim homosexuality is a sin yet 98% of the Vatican priesthood is homosexual, 80% of the real estate in San Francisco is own by the Vatican and literal homosexual brothels are owned and operated by Vatican prelates and have been for centuries, not to mention the fact that AIDS started in the Catholic priesthood. They claim their flock must pray to God yet they demand in their Catechism they must pray to Mary and so called saints that have been dead for eons.

As you know I can go on and on for days, but as I stated earlier in a YT comment, I am not going to repost 12,000 pages of facts all over again. So, with that all being said.. is it any wonder Roman Catholic people stay in such a church as this? It allows them to declare sin to be evil while at the same time embracing it as their favored past time. Was this not prophesied in more than a few areas of the written Word of our God as to how people will demand "smooth things' be preached unto them in the last days so as to stay in sin while still claiming to be Heaven bound? The fact 1.2 billion people stay in a church with so much evidence against it proves this hands down. Seriously, when they look at the very priests that molest their own children they see them claiming to STILL be Heaven bound after committing such vile sins and so the Catholic in the pew figures, if they are still headed to Heaven with all their many off the chart evil actions and all we as Catholic do is drink, do drugs, fornicate and commit adultery from time to time, we must also be guaranteed Heaven. But what did Jesus say to religious leaders and people with such a mindset as this 2000 years ago?

John 15:21-22, "But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.  If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin."

May God have mercy on their souls.

Pope Francis: 'Let Us Pray for Babies in Danger of Being Aborted'
"After his weekly Angelus prayer Sunday in Saint Peter's Square, the pontiff said that he joined the Italian Bishops in "supporting bold educational action in favor of human life. Every life is sacred!" "Let us promote the culture of life in response to the logic of disposability and a declining population," he said. "Let us join together and pray for babies who are in danger of being aborted, as well as for people who are at the end of life. All life is sacred!" he said. "Let no one be left alone and may love defend the meaning of life." -Source

Let me ask you this. If Satan himself was to manifest before your eyes or even move about you in a permissive manner in your life, how do you suppose he would go about doing that? He would appear as an angel of light, right? Of course, that's exactly what Paul stated in 2 Corinthians 11:14 when he said, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." And so Satan would never come to you in his true form dripping with rotted flesh with millions of flies following after him in the hopes of a quick meal. No, he will come to you as your best friend, a gentle stranger, a so called Christian and as we see here a Pope.

Now yes, the title Pope is a Pagan title wherein it depicts he is a devil worshiper. In fact, his office was outed years ago holding Satan worship services inside Vatican walls and this particular Pope is worse than most in that he is trained in the bloodthirsty deceptive art of Ignatius Loyola. For those unaware, Ignatius Loyola founded the blood curdling Jesuit order. And so, when this Pope asks for prayers to save the babies the people of the world need to take off the rose colored glasses and see him for who he really is. He's not only a Jesuit who took the most evil oath ever taken by man, he is the man of sin and a bold faced liar.

Besides all the other insane statements he has made in the last few years about Jesus failing on the cross (TWICE!) to card carrying Atheists gaining Heaven, he is now acting as if abortion is more than he sees it as per the written Word of God. What I mean is, abortion to the Popes of Rome is nothing more than a political foot in the door. They kill just as many babies in Catholic hospitals than any other hospitals and clinics do. In fact, the one Pope he recently canonized as a Saint, that being the infamous Karol Wojtyla (aka Pope John Paul II) who sold the poison gas to the Nazis to kill Christians, Jews and blacks, stated in his prophesied and confirmed bogus apology that his church hierarchy was sorry for all the millions of babies they killed, that are still being found to this day buried under Catholic Convents.

Something else most fail to realize about this and the last few popes is, they will lie about some in their number who claim to be devout Catholics who have stated in writing that they no longer believed in God so as to keep their ministries pumping in the cash to the Vatican. That's right, he literally quoted Mother Teresa in this speech as if she is someone to emulate but she openly denied God before all and even allowed herself bowing in worship before Buddha no less! See proof here.

When the man of sin speaks, his speech will be filtered with the lies of his dying god Beelzebub. Nothing more, nothing less. And we have God's truth filled Word to back that up cover to cover!  

Pro-abort 'Population Bomb' author to speak at Vatican
"The Vatican has invited the undisputed father of the modern, pro-abortion population control movement to present a paper at an upcoming Vatican-run conference. Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of the 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb is scheduled to speak in Vatican City during the February 27-March 1 conference that will discuss "how to save the natural world." The Stanford biologist champions sex-selective abortion as well as mass forced sterilization as legitimate methods to curb population growth. In his 1968 book, Ehrlich went so far as to defend forced abortion, writing: "Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society."..Organizers of the Vatican-run conference predict that if effective steps are not taken to reverse so-called man-made "global climate change," then up to 40 percent of "all biodiversity on Earth" will be destroyed "by the end of this century," including a "majority" of species of plants. .With the invitation of Ehrlich to address the conference, how the Pontifical Academies understand "social justice" takes on a sinister aspect." -Source

Sinister indeed! But then this is the Roman Catholic church that killed hundreds of millions during their first global reign between the years 538AD to 1798AD just as prophecy predicted. The fact the Vatican has been killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Christians annually via their henchmen most know as Islam and the fact the Vatican has quite a few hospitals killing babies every day shows us the prophecy regarding this "sinister" beast in Rome has never changed and never will change. The only difference will be in how society accepts her bloodthirsty acts. And they will in fact allow for them across the board.

Don't believe me?

Have you heard any main stream preachers demand the Vatican stop helping Islam invade every country on earth? Have you heard any preachers demand they stop killing Christians under the guise of Islam? Or have you even heard any preachers ask the Vatican to close their abortion clinics all over the world? Nope, nary a one. But, I just posted an article the other day wherein quite a few so called religious leaders have not only declared Planned Parenthood a good organization worth promoting, they literally said Planned Parenthood was doing a "sacred work." And every single Roman Catholic that steps into the abortion clinics to prevent stretch marks or even the loss of a lover agree it's a "sacred work" because after killing their innocent screaming babies, their lovers stay with them and their stretch marks never appear. So, getting those very same women and their lovers to go along with forced abortion is not going to be an issue at all since legalized murder is no big deal in their eyes, and so the man of sin in Rome has decided to invite the very man who wrote the book on how to do just that into the Vatican to speak! And still some so called religious leaders like SDA Ben Carson call him a holy man?! Not to mention of course the infamous SDA Conference Pastor BT Rice calling the Pope "your holiness" during a blasphemous Catholic Mass on camera years ago.

Hypocrites!

It's as I've been saying for the entire 30+ years since leaving the Roman Catholic church. They don't give a hoot about abortion clinics at all. The fact they operate them confirms that hands down. But the main reason they play both sides of the fence on this one is so they can have their hot button foot in the door at every hall of Congress. Any foot is better than no foot at all as it allows them to play the politicians as puppets. They know all about how using abortion can cripple or advance any political agenda they want as long as they control the very Senators they need to on that one issue who they command to vote yay or nay on any other political issue. It doesn't even have to be about abortion. All they need is a pro-life senator in their hip pocket who has agreed to worship the Pope and so any Bill brought to Congress can be manipulated via that very same puppet Senator

poGm VIDEO: Literal 'spark of life' caught on camera!

Judge: Can't force Catholic hospitals to abort babies
"A federal judge has rejected an ACLU demand that he order Catholic hospitals to perform abortions in violation of church teaching. ...No law requires religious hospitals and medical personnel to commit abortions against their faith and conscience, and, in fact, federal law directly prohibits the government from engaging in any such coercion." -Source

This is nothing more than political double talk as well as propaganda for the Vatican in Rome. How so? What the article does not mention is that there are many Roman Catholic hospitals performing abortions all over this country and the world. In fact the Vatican actually admitted their hospitals have been killing babies all along and John Paul II in his so called 'mea culpa' also admitted the Catholic hospitals as well as the convents themselves have been killing babies for centuries! Stranger still is the fact the current Pope asked all people in September of 2015 to condone abortions performed by Roman Catholic Women in the past, further confirming Catholics have no issue with killing their babies.

So.. why the double talk?

The Vatican is a political monster and they must keep up appearances or no one will believe it when Satan claims to be Jesus standing next the Pope when that day finally gets here. They need all the people to think the Pope is a moral man and what the churches under him do is in no way reflective towards his lack of leadership. This is why they keep disavowing certain satanic activities of their flock in the global arena while at the same time command the priests move the people to commit the same evil acts anyway. Like the Catholics that whip themselves or nail themselves to crosses for the Pagan festival of Easter. The Vatican claims they don't approve; yet the Catholic people perform this blood gorged act each and every year, and have been doing so unencumbered for centuries. I used to be Catholic and I know how the local priest will in fact promote such things as this while at the same time knowing full well the Vatican will 'claim' publicly that it's wrong to do. Catholicism truly is the absolute definition of Babylon.  

Roman Catholic Nancy Pelosi: When human life begins has 'no basis' in public policy
"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refused to answer a reporter's question about when human life begins during a press conference on Thursday. ...No, listen, I want to say something to you," Pelosi said. "I don't know who you are, and you're welcome to be here, freedom of this press. I am a devout practicing Catholic, a mother of five children. When my baby was born, my fifth child, my oldest child was six years old. I think I know more about this subject than you, with all due respect." "So it's not a human being, then?" the reporter asked. "I do not intend to respond to your questions, which have no basis in what public policy is that we do here," Pelosi said." ...Planned Parenthood is under investigation by several states and congressional committees due to allegations raised by undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress that affiliates of the nation's largest abortion provider are selling aborted fetal body parts to researchers for profit. ...During a recent interview with CNN, Pelosi said the Center for Medical Progress "should be investigated." Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's chief executive, once worked as Pelosi's deputy chief of staff."

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Now do you see why prophecy says the Whore of Babylon's (the Roman Catholic church) main fruit is in fact confusion? Roman Catholics all over the world believe their leaders are pro-life. But when you hear what the Pope says about allowing women to kill their babies during the "holy year" and still receive absolution, many Roman Catholic hospitals do in fact kill babies, the infamous Pope John Paul II admitted in his "mea culpa" that the Church of Rome has been involved in abortions (among others crimes) for centuries and now all high ranking politicians that are Roman Catholic are also pro-abortion, you begin to see why this church is prophesied to confuse.

That being said...

Let me try and clear up some of the confusion as to why Rome says one thing in their churches and another in national as well as global politics. It's because the Church of Rome is not a church at all. It's a political organization run by Satan himself so as to both soil the image of Christ while at the same time use Christianity as a way to keep their foot in the door of political discussions across the board. The fact Rome's dogmatic structure is by overwhelming majority Paganism (of which they admit in writing) and their political reach is global wherein they have control over 175 nations at present, confirms they have not the fruit of Christianity. Their fruit is and always has been lies, or as most call it today, politics.

The fact the Roman Catholic politician boldly ignores their own church doctrine proves even they know it has nothing to do with faith, Catholicism or even what some of them claim as Christianity. It's all about power. In fact, they admit this in writing as well.

 

"If Catholics ever gain sufficient numerical majority in this country, religious freedom is at an end. So our enemies say; so we believe" -The Shephard of the Valley, journal of the late bishop of St. Louis. The old Protestant culture is about at the end of its rope... Why can't we make the U.S. Catholic in legislation, Catholic in justice, aims and ideals?" -Father F. X. Talbot, editor of America, official jesuit magazine for the U.S. statement in New York Globe Dec. 14, 1930 "But Constitutions can be changed, and non-Catholic sects may decline to such a point that the political proscription [ban] of them may become feasible and expedient. What protection would they have against a Catholic state?" -The State and the Church, pp.38,39, by Miller and Ryan, imprimatur of Cardinal Hayes. (click here for more quotes on this topic)

This is why many politicians are Roman Catholic and many of them convert into Catholicism. They know doing so will grant them much power politically. The fact their church doctrine says one thing, and they do the exact opposite, and their own Popes, prelates and priests don't correct them publicly when they say things like Pelosi just said, confirms it is as their predecessors have stated in writing.

Catholicism is nothing more than the vehicle that prophecy clearly says will allow the Popes in Rome to take over the world when their New World Order is realized. Yes, prophecy also says their global rule will be very short lived, (see Revelation 17:12) but as is obvious, Satan has them believing otherwise. After all, how hard is it to get the leaders to believe lies when he has already been able to get 1.2 billion of their constituents to believe the lies as well? And no, this does not count all the rest in the world that are obviously wondering after the same beast in Rome as we speak.

By the way..

Have you ever seen the word "POLITICS" defined? It's actually a compound word. The word "poly" comes from the Greek word meaning "many," and the word "tics" is defined as blood sucking insects. When defined as per the entire meaning of the compound word itself we then get the definition that sates, Politics = Many blood suckers. Is it any wonder the mother of politics, the Roman Catholic church is also prophesied to be bloodthirsty?

Catholic hospital allegedly denies Michigan woman life-saving sterilization procedure based on religious belief

NOTE: This isn't about "abortion" but it does show the bold hypocrisy of Roman Catholic Hospitals when it comes to "birth control."

"A Michigan woman suffering from a brain tumor is threatening legal action against a Catholic health system that is allegedly refusing to tie her fallopian tubes- a procedure that could be life saving for her- based on religious belief. ...As a Catholic healthcare system, we follow the ethical and religious directives of the Church. Beyond that, we can't comment on this patient's particular case."

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I only need to make a quick comment here as I know for a fact that this hospital is actually declaring a bold faced lie. How do I know that? Before I came to Christ I was Roman Catholic, as was my wife. During this time we had 5 children as Roman Catholics. Every time my wife gave birth we went to a Roman Catholic hospital to have the baby because we were in an area wherein only Roman Catholic hospitals were available. Each and every time my wife had a baby, the Roman Catholic hospital doctors and nurses always asked her if she would like to have her tubes tied. So I have to ask, why is it this Catholic hospital is saying otherwise? One can only imagine what they're up to. 

Ohio Congressman describes 'evolution' from pro-life to pro-choice
"In response to his critics, Ryan said, "They're not there when I have to look in the mirror in the morning, and be honest with myself. They don't have to live my decisions the way that I have to do. And I think it's very presumptuous of them to claim to know what's in my heart." --Sadly what Congressman Tim Ryan said there is typical of many Catholics and of people in other denominations as well. He looks in a mirror and sees righteousness in himself, but leaves God out of the equation. I read the op-ed he wrote for the Akron Beacon Journal where he justified his stance and only cited Scripture once in doing so. Unfortunately the one scripture he quoted was out of context and is the same scripture unrepentant sinners always seem to misquote. Matthew 7:1 "Judge not, that ye be not judged." The unrepentant sinner never reads that in context. They claim it means it's a sin to judge others. Wrong! It means if you are committing a particular sin, don't think you're justified while at the same time calling out someone else for the exact same sin. Think of it like this; if a man is cheating on his wife, he better not think he's holy while he condemns another man for committing adultery. In this instance, I have no issue condemning Tim Ryan's evil abortion stance and I'm fine with being judged by that same standard. I'll judge and be judged; no problem. After all, it is also written in John 7:24, "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." In other words, if a man walks up to me drunk, I don't have to judge him drunk. He told me he was drunk by his wobbly walk, slurred speech and foul odor. By the way, have you ever noticed people who use that verse do in fact want you to judge them? But they insist you judge them in a positive manner so as to help them stand approved in their heartfelt shame. (See Isaiah 4:1) Anyway, politicians flip-flopping on abortion is so common these days, why would I draw attention to this story. Wasn't Clinton pro-life as Governor of Arkansas and then pro-abortion as president? It's all in the demographics! I shared the article mainly because of the source. This article is from National Catholic Register online, a website that is obviously geared towards Catholics. This is an open propagandized attempt to shame anti-abortion Catholics into violating their conscience so as to go with the flow of killing babies. You do realize your church leaders have no issues with abortion, right? It's only the ace of their sleeve that is used in their political back room discussions wherein your rights and my rights are discussed and removed. If your heart truly belongs to Jesus, He is calling for you to come out of that church just as much as all the others in apostasy. Please choose today whom ye will serve. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

This Mother of Four Was Fired From a Catholic Hospital Because of Her Pro-Life Views
"In July 2013, Montserrat Balselles was dismissed from her job at a Catholic hospital because she didn't want to participate in abortions and openly expressed her pro-life views." --What does supposedly pro-life Jesuit Pope Francis have to say about this? Nothing apparently, as he's too busy trying to figure out how to convince people global cooling is really global warming. This woman and her four children became homeless when she lost her job. Since Francis is all about social justice (er.. um.. socialism) and helping the poor, maybe he'll relocate her to the Vatican. The wealthiest city in history which spared no expense in helping the homeless by ... wait for it ... by installing three showers for the homeless to use under the colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica, along with shower's at a dozen Roman parishes which will no doubt be under the supervision of the most notorious band of child molesters in history. Where did the Pope get the money to pay for these showers? Maybe from the profits from abortions at Catholic hospitals? Please keep this woman in prayer as the story says she "describes herself as a Catholic activist." How sad her loyalty to the Catholic Church keeps her in the church that kicked her (and her kids) to the curb. One can only hope there is a follow up to this story one day where she describes herself as an ex-Catholic turned Sabbath keeping Remnant Christian. What a testimony that would be!

Catholic hospitals commit - and U.S. bishops condone - live-birth abortion
By Jill Stanek
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Posted: September 15, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern

The news was a real bummer. A reporter named Tom Szyszkiewicz, who writes for the Catholic publications, Our Sunday Visitor and the National Catholic Register, was calling to tell me he had discovered two Catholic hospital systems were committing the induced-labor abortion procedure - live-birth abortion - on handicapped babies.

The bad news warped to bizarre when Szyszkiewicz said these hospitals were waiting until babies were 23 to 26 weeks gestation before aborting them - i.e., until they were of viable age - so they could say these weren't abortions at all, but simply labor inductions and, thus, sanctioned by the Catholic Church.

"That's crazy," I thought. Most hospitals I'm aware of that commit LBA do just the opposite: They make sure to abort babies before 23 weeks - the most recent viability cutoff date according to the American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics - to avoid the ethical and legal dilemmas of deciding whether to resuscitate a baby they just tried to kill.

The Catholic hospitals' abortion strategy seemed even more risky when taking the Born Alive Infants Protection Act into account. It states that live-born babies, no matter what their gestational age or circumstances of birth, are "persons." According to the 14th Amendment, "persons" born in the United States are automatic citizens who cannot be "deprive[d] ... of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor den[ied] ... equal protection of the laws."

This means live-aborted babies can't be cast aside to die in hospital soiled utility rooms, or drowned in buckets of water, or sealed to suffocate in biohazard bags. They must be medically assessed and cared for just like wanted babies.

Last week, I contacted both hospital systems to make sure I wasn't missing something. I wasn't.

Loyola Health System in Chicago, and Providence Health System on the West Coast and Alaska, both commit live-birth abortion.

But they don't like the word, "abortion." They call what they do, "early induction of labor."

Webster's Dictionary defines abortion as, "the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus."

So now "termination of pregnancy" is called "early induction of labor." Euphemisms ... what would abortion proponents do without them?

Other Catholic hospitals may also be involved. Szyszkiewicz reported in the March 7, 2004, Our Sunday Visitor that Providence is the 10th largest U.S. Catholic health system, and "spokespersons for the other nine ... were either vague about their hospitals' practices or did not return calls."

Loyola and Providence say they are acting in accordance with the 2001 U.S. Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services that states, "For proportionate reason, labor may be induced after the fetus is viable."

Theologian James LaGrye from the bishops' doctrinal office said the term "proportionate" is used "for situations in which some grave risk would be incurred if an action were not taken to avoid it," wrote Szyszkiewicz, who added, "LaGrye said the mental health of the mother 'is a reason' to perform early induction."

In addition to having "mental health" concerns, Fr. Jack O'Callahan, staff ethicist at Loyola, said they are trying "to ward off the physical complications of bringing to term a child who is not going to live anyway."

But, euthanizing one's handicapped child is not the solution to maintaining mental health, nor do handicapped babies normally spread voodoo vibes to make their mothers sick.

What about the physical and mental complications of abortion?

Even fatally ill babies, left to develop until term, give their mothers the gift of lowering their risk of breast cancer. Contrarily, mothers who abort dramatically increase their risk.

Aborting mothers also stand a much greater chance of ending up in hospital high-risk maternity departments next time they get pregnant. Their forcibly stretched cervixes will have difficulty keeping subsequent babies inside until full term.

But I digress.

The Aug. 19 New England Journal of Medicine reported that the smallest known surviving preemie just celebrated her 15th birthday. In 1989, Madeline Mann was born at Loyola Hospital at 27 weeks, weighing 9.9 ounces. She is now a violin playing, roller-blading, high-school honor student.

Doctors at Loyola delivered Madeline early by Caesarean section after determining she might fare better in their care than in her mother's uterus.

Oh, the irony.
© 2004  

NOTICE:
Jill Stanek fought to stop "live-birth abortion" after witnessing one as a registered nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill. In 2002, President Bush asked Jill to attend his signing of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. In January 2003, World Magazine named Jill one of the 30 most prominent pro-life leaders of the past 30 years.