“For more than 2,000 years, the church has steadfastly proclaimed that respect for all human life at every stage is foundational to the Catholic faith,” he said. “Abortion from the earliest tradition of the church has been considered immoral.” San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller
Self-identified Catholics talking about their support for a woman’s decision to safely and legally terminate a pregnancy or have a baby. It could not be further from the truth to call public funding of abortion a Catholic social justice value, García-Siller’s statement said.
Abortion is not a Catholic social justice value
García-Siller said he hoped Catholics for Choice “will take the time to acquaint themselves with basic Catholic teachings” and not misrepresent them with “false and inaccurate information and ads that only work to confuse and mislead the public.”
A full-page ad blitz with the words “Public funding of abortion is a Catholic social-justice value” has made a splash in major newspapers across the United States. Full story NCRegister.com
But Catholic bishops and lay leaders have seized on the campaign as an opportunity to rebuke the abortion lobby group that is sponsoring the campaign for falsely characterizing itself as Catholic — and to unequivocally state that “social justice” and “pro-life” values are inseparably united in Catholic social teaching.
The “social justice” tagline is part of the new multiyear “Abortion in Good Faith” campaign conducted by Catholics for Choice, a Washington-based group funded by wealthy donors and million-dollar investments that dissents from Catholic teaching on the inherent dignity of human life. The campaign made its Sept. 12 debut in 20 national and local newspapers, both in English and Spanish.