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THERE was loud applause, cheering, and a standing ovation at a joint session of both France’s lower and upper houses of parliament as most French lawmakers yesterday (Monday) celebrated the final approval needed to make the right to abortion an explicit protection in the country’s constitution.

But not sharing in the jubilation over the historic vote—780 in favour and 72 against—was the Roman Catholic Church.

Ahead of the vote, the Vatican repeated its opposition to abortion, according to Le Monde, which carried a statement from Rome which said:

The Pontifical Academy for Life recalls that in the era of universal human rights, there can be no ‘right’ to take a human life.

It was echoing concerns already raised by French Catholic bishops.

It appealed to “all governments and all religious traditions to do their best so that, in this phase of history, the protection of life becomes an absolute priority.” It added:

The particular life situations and difficult and tragic contexts of our time must be addressed on the basis of a law which seeks above all to protect the weakest and most vulnerable.

Ahead of the vote France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal noted that the right to abortion remained “in danger” and “at the mercy of decision makers.” He added:

I am telling women, within our borders and beyond: The era of a world of hope is starting.

Pope Francis, head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, has previously described abortion as “murder.”

Joy displayed was ‘demonic’

Meanwhile, far-right LifeSite News‘ correspondent in France, Jeanne Smit wrote that those delighted with the vote were:

Celebrating the symbolic victory of death over life, with a glee that can only be called demonic. One shudders to think of the consequences.

In Catholic eyes, this is surely a crime that cries out to Heaven for vengeance: the crime of killing the innocent which is now presented as a good, a freedom, a justified liberty, which deserves to be inked into the constitution as being somehow part of the French Republic’s identity card which lays the ground on which civil life is constructed. 

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6 responses to “Vatican expresses horror as France becomes the world’s first country to protect abortion rights”

  1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
    malcolmjdodd

    The Roman Catholic Sleaze Corporation promotes abortion-as-a-last-resort by banning contraception; the wretched RCSC’s raison d’etre is to stop the suckers seeing the light.

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      barriejohn

      How else can they possibly fill their pews?

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    Vanity Unfair

    “In Catholic eyes, this is surely a crime that cries out to Heaven for vengeance: the crime of killing the innocent which is now presented as a good, a freedom, a justified liberty, which deserves to be inked into the constitution….”

    What follows is part of a reply to a previous article on abortion and the RCC’s attitude. I do not think the statistics have altered in the last year.

    This is, presumably, morally worse than the natural state of affairs ordained by your deity. For obvious reasons precise statistics are impossible to compile but the following will give some impression of the sanctity in which your deity holds human procreation and the perfection of the design. It might also give you an idea of who actually “kills thousands of unborn children.”

    http://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/conception_how_it_works/In nature, 50 percent of all fertilized eggs are lost before a woman’s missed menses.

    http://patient.info/doctor/miscarriage-spontaneous-abortionEarly pregnancy loss accounts for over 50,000 admissions in the UK annually.Miscarriage occurs in 15-20% of recognised pregnancies.85% of spontaneous miscarriages occur in the first trimester.

    http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gynecology-and-obstetrics/abnormalities-of-pregnancy/spontaneous-abortionAbout 20 to 30% of women with confirmed pregnancies bleed during the first 20 wk of pregnancy; half of these women spontaneously abort. Thus, incidence of spontaneous abortion is about 10 to 15% in confirmed pregnancies. Incidence in all pregnancies is probably higher because some very early abortions are mistaken for a late menstrual period.

    http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Stillbirth/Pages/Definition.aspxStillbirth is more common than many people think. There are around 4,000 stillbirths every year in the UK and 1 in every 200 births ends in a stillbirth.

    http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-loss/stillborn-trying-to-understand/Stillbirth occurs in about 1 in 160 pregnancies. The majority of stillbirths happen before labor, whereas a small percentage occurs during labor and delivery.

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    1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
      malcolmjdodd

      It is a miracle that god permits full-term successful births. Did the research show a connection between birth failures and failed belief‽

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    2. Vanity Unfair Avatar
      Vanity Unfair

      I tried the links before posting and they worked. However, I see that they got mangled in the uploading process. They are:

      http://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/conception_how_it_works/

      http://patient.info/doctor/miscarriage-spontaneous-abortion

      http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gynecology-and-obstetrics/abnormalities-of-pregnancy/spontaneous-abortion

      http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Stillbirth/Pages/Definition.aspx

      http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-loss/stillborn-trying-to-understand/

      Sorry about that that.

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    malcolmjdodd

    At last I can select ‘like’.

    As an aside, I live in south Lincolnshire, any of you nearby.

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