{"id":286357,"date":"2021-06-29T02:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/will-catholic-dems-support-protections-for-babies-who-survive-abortion\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T02:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:14:33","slug":"will-catholic-dems-support-protections-for-babies-who-survive-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-catholic-dems-support-protections-for-babies-who-survive-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"#Will Catholic Dems support protections for babies who survive abortion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Will Catholic Dems support protections for babies who survive abortion?<\/strong>”
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The Catholic bishops of the United States are facing a great deal of political pressure these days. We are told that we must pursue dialogue with those who disagree with the divine and natural law on the issue of abortion \u2014 or who agree privately as Catholic believers but decline to govern according to this moral teaching.<\/p>\n

But here is my honest question:\u00a0What precisely is there to dialogue about? It\u2019s a question I\u2019ve posed to politicians in the past.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, I had the privilege of offering an address at the Library of Congress. To an audience of senators, representatives, lobbyists and Hill staffers, I spoke of the vocation of the politician. I asked each person in that room to remember the purity and idealism of the moment when he or she first thought of pursuing a life of public service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I told them that in the measure they felt the urge to fight for justice, they were responding, at least inchoately, to the summons of God, who is Justice Itself.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m the son of a dyed-in-the-wool Chicago Catholic Democrat. My father, whose family was very involved in city politics, would sooner have become a Lutheran than vote Republican. But my trouble with modern Democrats, I explained, has to do with abortion policy, where the party has lately staked out an especially extreme position.<\/p>\n

My interlocutors insisted upon the necessity of an ongoing dialogue between pro-choice politicians and the Roman church. I replied, \u201cOK, I\u2019m with you. In fact, the Catholic Church, though it opposes all abortions, would be willing to support legislation that sets at least some limits to the procedure. If you\u2019ll give even a little bit, we\u2019re happ<\/a>y to talk.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

I then commenced to test the waters. Would they, I asked, consider the banning of third-trimester abortions? Absolutely not, came the reply.\u00a0 Would they, I pressed, be open to restricting partial-birth abortion, the procedure by which a pair of scissors is inserted into the brain of a baby already in the birth canal? No way, they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All right, I wondered, would they be agreeable to supporting born-alive legislation, designed to protect the life of a baby who has miraculously managed to survive an abortion? No, they said.\u00a0 And lest you think this intransigence was peculiar to this particular group, recall that, just a few months ago, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) made a born-alive proposal, and it couldn\u2019t muster enough votes to break the Democratic filibuster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Any authentic dialogue involves some willingness to give and take. Over the years, I\u2019ve been involved in a number of ecumenical and inter-religious dialogues. No one expected the participants in those exchanges to adopt a stance of religious neutrality, but at the very least, there was a shared sense that we could find points of contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As I said, the church is happy to consider any proposal that would set some restrictions on the taking of unborn life. We\u2019re willing to reach out. But if protecting the life of a baby struggling to breathe, after surviving a brutal attack on his life, is a bridge too far for pro-abortion-rights politicians, then I ask again, what are we dialoguing about? <\/em>And let\u2019s be honest, in regard to the baby under consideration, all of the standard justifications for aborting a child \u2014 he\u2019s not really a person, he\u2019s not capable of independent existence, he experiences no sensation of pain, etc. \u2014 simply fall away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sometimes, the term \u201cdialogue\u201d is used in a casual sense to signal friendliness and kindness to those with whom we disagree. And if that\u2019s what you mean by the term, then I\u2019m all for it. As Saint Thomas More said to his wife in \u201cA Man for All Seasons,\u201d \u201cwhatever can be accomplished through smiling, you may rely on me to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But if the term is taken more seriously and in a more restricted way, then it has to imply a mutual willingness on the part of the conversation partners to find common ground.<\/p>\n

So may I offer a challenge to pro-abortion-rights Catholic politicians and may I be very specific?\u00a0 If you\u2019re truly interested in dialoguing with the Church on this crucial matter, show a little profile in courage and support born-alive legislation. If you can take this small step in the direction of protecting innocent life, I\u2019ll know you\u2019re serious about the conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robert Barron is the auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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