Mer kritikk mot Amnestys nye abortstandpunkt
USA’s katolske biskoper har nylig offentliggjort et brev der de kristiserer Amnestys nye støtte for abort – og håper at Amnesty International (AI) vil ombestemme seg på sitt neste rådsmøte i august. Det mest interessante i brevet syns jeg er at: AI’s argumentasjon om at deres hoved/ eneste poeng har vært at fattige/ svake kvinner ikke skal rettsforfølges om de tar abort, rives i stykker. Det er nemlig lang tid siden Den katolske kirke og de fleste land i verden har ønsket å straffe slike kvinner. Og i praksis har AI i noen land allerede gått ut og aktivt støttet fri abort. Slik skriver biskopene bl.a.:
“While the proposed action by Amnesty International may appear to some to support women’s freedom or provide a compassionate response to women in difficult situations of pregnancy, abortion injures the health and dignity of women at the same time that it ends the life of the unborn child,” Bishop Skylstad added. “A far more compassionate response is to provide support and services for pregnant women, advance their educational and economic standing in society, and resist all forms of violence and stigmatization against them. The Catholic Church provides these services to many women around the world and commits itself to continuing to do so.
“Based on this commitment to women, the Church does not object to AI’s stand against criminal penalties for women who have undergone abortion. In fact, the Catholic Church has long held that these women need compassion and healing, not punishment. However, AI’s policy also exempts abortion practitioners from meaningful penalties and thereby trivializes the harm done by abortion. AI’s new policy appears to apply to every stage of pregnancy and has already led AI-USA to oppose laws against the killing of partially-delivered children. Similarly, the policy of advancing access to abortion to preserve women’s ‘health,’ a word left undefined by AI, has not confined the practice to narrow circumstances, but in American law has led to abortion on demand.”
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