Catholics United launches pro-life attack on Romney
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A Democrat-leaning Catholic group that has supported pro-abortion rights politicians is attacking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney over controversial reports claiming he had stock ownership in a medical waste disposal firm that discards aborted unborn children.
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, writing at the Catholics United-run group blog “Our Daily Thread,” cited Security and Exchange Commission filings apparently showing that Mitt Romney was involved in investment firm Bain Capital’s purchase of stock from the Stericycle medical waste disposal firm after his February 1999 retirement from management.
Stevens-Arroyo said “it is fair to ask what being ‘opposed to abortion’ means to a candidate who assisted this biowaste company in growing to be the largest in the country and made tens of millions from the deal.”
He charged that Stericycle “directly cooperated in abortion business” because abortion clinics would not have stayed open without waste disposal.
He then stated that Catholic opposition to abortion is “a fundamental principle of our doctrinal teaching” and noted canonical provisions that excommunicate any Catholic involved in the procurement of abortion.
Stevens-Arroyo questioned whether Romney deserves “a single Catholic vote” for allegedly owning a company that profited from abortions.
But the Romney campaign maintains he left Bain Capital in February 1999 to run the Salt Lake City Olympics full time.
The Obama campaign contends that since Romney’s name appears on documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in November 1999 that he was still involved with Bain Capital.
FactCheck.org, a project of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, said July 12 “None of the SEC filings show that Romney was anything but a passive, absentee owner during that time, as both Romney and Bain have long said.
It is unclear whether Romney could have known of Stericycle’s involvement in the disposal of fetal remains, as pro-life advocates’ own activism did not begin until recent years.
StopStericycle, a Philadelphia-based volunteer group opposed to the company’s involvement in abortion, formed in 2010. It is further researching Romney’s role in Stericycle’s ownership, the group’s director Michael Marcavage told CNA. [More]
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My goodness — if this group opposes Romney for what they allege he did, what does this group think of Obama, who twice voted against legislation in IL that would have mandated saving the life of a baby that survived a saline abortion? On pro-life issues, Romney is infinitely better than Obama — Obama is the most pro-choice president we ever have had, with the possible exception of Bill Clinton, who twice vetoed a Congressional ban of partial-birth abortion.
By the end of Pres. O’s first term, nearly 5 million American babies will have lost their lives at the hands of evil abortionists thanks to the Dems, if re-elected, another 5 million dead! and untold millions aborted by chemical means paid for by Catholic employers who were forced by his HHS administrator a professed Catholic no less! At the final judgement, those souls who were not given the chance to live and love in this world, not given the chance to find a spouse and with the help of the Creator, co-create more servants for the Him, will surround the the Just Judge, and each individual Catholic will face them. Which Catholics, while holding in their hands the 2012 Presidential ballot, will ask those poor souls to pray to HIM for Mercy? Obama already has a record, as a Senator, he voted to allow born babies to die on the floor of an abortion clinic after a botched abortion, he voted to allow the brains of a baby to be removed while she is still in the birth canal after a forced breech birth up to her neck but with her head still inside. and most recently he is forcing good people to pay for abortion inducing chemicals and devices, that may cause cancer in the mother, regardless of our conscientious objections. Now, perhaps you may not want to vote for Romney, ok, but who, with any Catholic conscience whatsoever, could cast their vote for the abortion-on-deman-at-any-time-for-any-reason-at-any-age-obama?
Choose Life — totally agree. And, in addition to that most important reason, there are many other reasons not to vote for Obama — he is the worst president in the history of this country, and he is destroying our country financially and morally (support for gay marriage; no discssion of the better than 40% out-of-wedlock birth rate, and over 70% in the African-American community). You may know (I have confirmed this myself) that the very first three-digit lottery drawing in his home state (IL) after his election was 666 — coincidence? JPII said there are no coincidences. Unfortunately, a frequent poster to this site, socialist Michael Joseph Francisconi, who publicly supported unrepentent terrorist Bill Ayers in 2008 (http://keywiki.org/index.php/Michael_Joseph_Francisconi), in all likelihood will vote for abortionist and Mr. 666 Obama.
Most if not all Marxists and/ or Socialists would tell you Obama is not even close, get your terms right,
Michael — what does you buddy Bill Ayers think of Obama? You know, the guy who bombed buildings in the late 1960s that you publicly supported back in 2008? http://keywiki.org/index.php/Michael_Joseph_Francisconi
What do you mean by “most” Marxists? Give some examples. Obama’s grandfather indoctrinated him into Marxist philosophy. His parents were indoctrinated. His whole family were socialists. “If he sqawks like a duck . . . .,” he is a duck.
No doubt about it, Recovering. Michael needs to watch a little bit of Fox News so that his misinformation can be corrected. For example, Obama has talked about how those who are successful owe at least some of their success to the government, as the government built roads, etc. — this information about Obama is unlikely to be shown on the despicable MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, or NBC. Obama’s reasoning is that, if the government built roads, you have to share much of your wealth with the government. The issue of socialism is one of degree — and I remember that, prior to Obama’s election, he had the MOST liberal voting record in the Senate, more liberal than some senator from the New England area (can’t remember his name) who actually called himself a socialist.
You need to take a look at organizations that make the claim they are Marxist Monthly Review, CPUSA, SPUSA, SWP, American Sociological Association Section on Marxist Sociology. They are all critical Obama. Nothing he has said or done is Marxist, use the words correctly please
Regardless, definitions of words are arbitrary. But no big deal, we won’t call Obama a Marxist — but I do believe he is a socialist, if socialism is defined as redistribution of wealth — Obama clearly favors that much more than ANY prior president. Call it what you want, but Obama is stipping hard-working Americans — who are supporting the country — of initiative to do anything, as he is going to take it all away anyway. BTW — I am against the bombing of buildings; and if I would have been so involved in the late 1960s, I would have apologized by now, not said I have no regrets. In a January 2004 interview, here is what your buddy said: “(T)he question of did we do something that was horrendous, awful? … I don’t think so. I think what we did was to respond to a situation that was unconscionable.” documentation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers.
Fourth, the far left-wing Democrats are doing everything they can to try to turn our attention away from the mess this incompetent, unqualified token president has put this Country in. This kind of mud-slinging is really hypocritical in that it has always been the Democrats who support abortion rights, so give me a break!!
P.S. They should be called “Democrits” or “Hypocrats!”
Third, “[c]anonical provisions . . . excommunicate any Catholic involved in the procurement of abortion.” If this is the canon law, then every single woman who takes birth control pills and her husband/boyfriend must be excommunicated, because the birth control pill doesn’t prevent “conception;” rather it merely prevents “implantation” of the embryo into the lining of the womb (if one has been created in the prior 10 days) and causes a “spontaneous abortion.” So everyone who takes birth control pills is probably having “spontaneous abortions” from time to time.
Second, anybody who owns an index fund, such as the S&P 500 index, in their 401(k) plan probably has stock in the same company, as well as many other companies doing similar work.
First, I am appalled by this thinly-disguised attempt by the far left-wing radical Democrats to sling mud and grasp at just about anything to attempt to discredit Mitt Romney –a very competent, economically-trained businessman and “leader” and incredibly nice man. Obama is a token president and the absolute worst president we’ve ever had. He is running this Country into the ground with his socialist, Marxist philosophy – take from those who strive to educate themselves and work hard to build up monetary security and businesses and give to those who have a victim mentality. We know that the non-industrious, ignorant people who follow him for all the free handouts will vote for him again notwithstanding that Obama is not leader and is way in over his head and is running our Country into the ground. They will sling mud at actually competent presidential contenders who care about our Country so they can preserve their chances of getting everything they can get from Obama’s “stash,” as one of his pathetic devotees put it.
This is as ridiculous as little green men from the moon. This is down right stupid. But, these are the same catholics who voted for obamtheterroist in the first place.