Pelosi stands by abortion comments – Updated
Pelosi stands by abortion comments
Associated Press, Eric Gorski, 8.27.2008
Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Pelosi, said in a statement Tuesday that she “fully appreciates the sanctity of family” and based her views on conception on the “views of Saint Augustine, who said: ‘… the law does not provide that the act (abortion) pertains to homicide, for there cannot yet be said to be a live soul in a body that lacks sensation …”’
Via Drudge.
Transcript of Pelosi’s Meet The Press interview
Statements from American Bishops and Cardinals:
Archbishop Chaput / Cardinal Egan / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops / Archbishop Wuerl
/ Bishop Zubick / Bishop Sheridan
UPDATE:
Archbishop Wuerl has responded (unofficially) to the above statement of explanation given by Pelosi’s spokesman:
Wuerl swiftly denounced Pelosi’s statement, saying, “As the Catechism and early Church documents make clear, abortion is always an evil. That is an unchanging teaching. The question on when the soul enters the body was a philosophical question that grew out of a lack of scientific data at the time of St. Augustine. We have the data today which shows the embryo is human. There no longer is any discussion of whether the unborn is human and so the philosophical discussion of St. Augustine’s time is not relevant today.”
Via the American Papist who has extensive coverage of the controversy.
6 Comments
then why are there TWO counts of murder when a pregnant woman is killed in a homicide?
Nancy Pelosi really needs to re-examine her beliefs. I don’t need a priest, pastor, or anyother figure head to tell me when life begins. I have had the wonderful experience of child birth. What a better way to know when life begins.
Judging by her statement, Nancy Pelosi likely still believes the Earth is flat.
She’s trying to save the planet. /sarc
No soul in a body without sensation? Sounds like she’s setting the foundation for proposing yet another liberal standard of excellence, the euthanasia of paraplegics! Adolf Hitler would indeed be VERY impressed with Pelosi’s liberal logic and deductive reasoning “capabilities”! And just think how blessed we all are with her waiting in the wings to take over in a leadership role should our President and Vice President become stricken in some way and are both unable to take the helm as our leader. I think I’m going to be sick AGAIN!! GOD HELP US ALL!!!
Don’t worry, good ‘ol Barack will fix everything. *insert extreme sarcastic tone here*