Boycott Amnesty International on Catholic Campuses
Ivory Tower Heretics Blog is calling on Catholic Colleges and Universities to discontinue affiliation with Amnesty International over their policy to support abortion.
Amnesty International supports abortion. In their twisted logic, they believe abortion should be available due to violence against women in cases of rape and incest.
The Catholic Church teaches that ABORTION IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN! Not only is the procedure itself harmful to women, causing elevated risks of infertility, bleeding, breast cancer and psychological trauma, but in many countries abortion is used for sex selection, with females the intended victims. Abortion is murder of an innocent human baby, plain and simple.
The Vatican and Catholic Bishops have condemned AI's position and have even resigned from their board over this issue.
Note: Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said that Catholics worldwide would boycott AI if it didn’t reverse the position at their biennial meeting."If in fact Amnesty International persists in this course of action, individuals and Catholic organizations must withdraw their support because, in deciding to promote abortion rights, Amnesty International has betrayed its mission," he said.
Amnesty International seems to propose that only some types of abortion can be advocated while excluding others such as forced abortions and sex selection. This is intellectually dishonest since there is no evidence that once the abortion industry sets up camp, greed isn't the prime motivator. In our own country, it is actually the rapist and family abuser who benefits most from the abortion industry as seen in Kansas where a lawsuit alleges that Planned Parenthood has covered up abortions of minors where rape and incest likely occurred. In fact, this seems to be standard procedure for Planned Parenthood as a core constituency is husbands, fathers and boyfriends who force women and girls into abortion as their "free choice".
Amnesty International was founded by a devout Catholic but has turned its back on Catholic faith and morals as the basis for human rights. They should have no place on Catholic college campuses.
We'll be listing Catholic colleges and universities in the coming days that have active AI chapters or affiliations. Here is the list today:
Georgetown University
Notre Dame
Boston College
Catholic University of America
DePaul University
Seton Hall University
Villanova University
St. Louis University
St. John's University
Santa Clara Law
University of San Francisco
Holy Cross College
Duquesne University
Creighton University
Providence College
Amnesty International supports abortion. In their twisted logic, they believe abortion should be available due to violence against women in cases of rape and incest. The Catholic Church teaches that ABORTION IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN! Not only is the procedure itself harmful to women, causing elevated risks of infertility, bleeding, breast cancer and psychological trauma, but in many countries abortion is used for sex selection, with females the intended victims. Abortion is murder of an innocent human baby, plain and simple.
The Vatican and Catholic Bishops have condemned AI's position and have even resigned from their board over this issue.
Note: Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said that Catholics worldwide would boycott AI if it didn’t reverse the position at their biennial meeting."If in fact Amnesty International persists in this course of action, individuals and Catholic organizations must withdraw their support because, in deciding to promote abortion rights, Amnesty International has betrayed its mission," he said.
Amnesty International seems to propose that only some types of abortion can be advocated while excluding others such as forced abortions and sex selection. This is intellectually dishonest since there is no evidence that once the abortion industry sets up camp, greed isn't the prime motivator. In our own country, it is actually the rapist and family abuser who benefits most from the abortion industry as seen in Kansas where a lawsuit alleges that Planned Parenthood has covered up abortions of minors where rape and incest likely occurred. In fact, this seems to be standard procedure for Planned Parenthood as a core constituency is husbands, fathers and boyfriends who force women and girls into abortion as their "free choice".
Amnesty International was founded by a devout Catholic but has turned its back on Catholic faith and morals as the basis for human rights. They should have no place on Catholic college campuses.
We'll be listing Catholic colleges and universities in the coming days that have active AI chapters or affiliations. Here is the list today:
Georgetown University
Notre Dame
Boston College
Catholic University of America
DePaul University
Seton Hall University
Villanova University
St. Louis University
St. John's University
Santa Clara Law
University of San Francisco
Holy Cross College
Duquesne University
Creighton University
Providence College
Labels: Amnesty International, Boston College, Catholic University of America, DePaul University, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Notre Dame, St. Louis University, Villanova
posted by Theophilis at
9:45 AM
3 Comments:
I knew when I posted this that I was "tilting at windmills" and that these colleges would brush me off like a gnat on a hot summer day. But my conscience is clear nonetheless that I've admonished my brothers and sisters in their sin. A few of you have stopped by to see what the fuss is about. Welcome.
By
Theophilis, At
November 12, 2007 5:08 PM
In this post, the harmful effects of abortion are brought up in an international conference:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07111205.html
By
Theophilis, At
November 13, 2007 5:07 PM
AI's position on abortion is completely inconsistent with their founding and mission.
Think about it. By saying that abortion is a right, AI is saying that the greater good of society can be achieved by eliminating some subset of its members. But that is exactly the position of totalitarian regimes, dictators, fascists and the like that AI has been fighting against all along.
If it is morally reprehensible to wipe out a village where opposition resides, or execute political opponents, or commit genocide to implement a more stable society, then how can abortion be acceptable?
AI is off the rails and has untethered itself from any moral compass it once had. AI is now meaningless, irrelevant and nonsensical and no longer deserving of support.
By
Theophilis, At
November 18, 2007 4:05 PM
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