Abortion scandals have to stop

Joe Biden accepts Planned Parenthood award ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­  

Friend,   Planned Parenthood—the nation’s largest committer of abortions—wanted to honor Joe Biden. And Biden happily said yes.   In his address to Planned Parenthood, Biden offered no nuance and no hesitation in his support for the legal right to abort innocent children. “In the wake of the Dobbs decision as president... We took action; I signed an executive order to protect access to reproductive healthcare, including emergency medical care,” said Biden.   He added that he was “outraged and appalled” by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and that “the majority of the court dared us to stand up and be heard”—making it clear he supports abortion and any effort to silence those against it.   In the world of Catholic leaders, Joe Biden stands in stark contrast to Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia.   Bishop Burbidge is also issuing a call to stand up and be heard, but his call is to the members of his flock, urging them to vote against ballot initiatives that endanger the unborn and threaten the integrity of marriage and the traditional family.   He is not fighting on simply Catholic grounds. These issues are not just about Catholic teaching; they are life and death. They affect the moral fabric of American society.   Where Joe Biden is receiving an award for opposing Catholic teaching in the public square, Bishop Burbidge is promoting the right and duty of Catholics to bring their moral consciences to the ballot box.   We are asking all of our U.S. bishops to stand up and be heard, to make it clear that the Church can no longer tolerate Catholic politicians who mislead the faithful on abortion—or worse: they pretend that their faith supports this barbaric practice. It is time to declare that such politicians are calling themselves Catholic in bad faith. And that, like Joe Biden, they imperil their own souls in doing so.   Please, encourage your bishop to stand up and be heard. Thank him if he has raised his voice.   A shepherd’s courage may just be waiting for the encouragement of his people.   Go forward bravely, Kelsey Reinhardt President & CEO CatholicVote Paid for by CatholicVote Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) organization, PO Box 3310, Carmel, IN 46082 (317) 669-6127 Unsubscribe Manage preferences