American Life League says two prominent Catholic charities have "divorced themselves" from church teaching in supporting the Obama administration's healthcare proposal.
The two charities -- the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Catholic Health Association -- recently released a notice to their members encouraging them to support healthcare reform. "We must maintain momentum for health care reform efforts with calls and emails [to members of Congress] supporting health care reform immediately," the notice read. In addition, the Catholic Health Association developed a video for YouTube that shows people displaying messages in support of healthcare reform. But American Life League president Judie Brown says the healthcare bill is contrary to Catholic teaching in several areas. For example, she points out, it will require taxpayers to pay for abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy. The healthcare proposals also include forms of euthanasia -- end-of-life care -- that she argues actually translate into ending life care. "...It's appalling to us that the St. Vincent de Paul charity, which is a charity that reaches out specifically to the poor, would in any way be involved in endorsing this tragic healthcare proposal," Brown shares. "The Catholic Hospital Association could lose tax funding if they were able to stand up and defend Catholic teaching instead of pandering to Obama, which is what they're doing." It is wrong, says the pro-life leader, for the organizations to be "sending a message to Catholics throughout the country that it's just fine for Obama healthcare to kill babies and kill the elderly...." In addition, she argues that the two charities -- in supporting the current proposals for healthcare reform -- are "undermining the very foundation they exist to protect and foster: the dignity of human persons and the sanctity of their right to life."
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