Author Topic: Patriarch seeks abortion ban in Russia in parliament speech (Read 542 times)

procopius · « **on:** January 23, 2015, 08:24:02 AM »

http://rt.com/politics/225087-russia-church-abortions-ban/

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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called upon MPs to begin a campaign against abortions, starting with canceling state sponsorship for the procedure and aiming at a total nationwide ban.

“If we manage to cut the number of abortions by 50 percent we would have stable and powerful population growth,” Patriarch Kirill said, speaking before the Lower House on Thursday. This was the first ever speech of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church before the State Duma.

“The argument that a ban would cause an increase in the number of underground abortions is pure nonsense. People have to pay money for these operations and our task is to make the price of a legal infanticide the same as of the illegal one. Taxpayers must not pay for this,” the church leader told the MPs, suggesting the exclusion of abortion from the list of services covered by the obligatory medical insurance program.

Would the Pope (or any Catholic) be allowed to address the US Congress and demand a ban on abortion? I think not.

procopius · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2015, 08:33:07 AM »

Meanwhile in America, the supreme court is deciding on how best to make same-sex marriage the law of the land like abortion is.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_gαy_MARRIAGE?SITE=AP

Supreme Court sets stage for historic gαy rights ruling.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is getting back in the marriage business.

The justices agreed Friday to decide a major civil rights question: whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America under the Constitution.

The court will take up gαy-rights cases that ask it to overturn bans in four states and declare for the entire nation that people can marry the partners of their choice, regardless of gender. The cases will be argued in April, and a decision is expected by late June.

I will be surprised if they don't eliminate all state resistance to same-sex marriage.

JezusDeKoning · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2015, 01:31:06 PM »

America would benefit from a national ban of abortion and same-sex "marriage", with all abortionists subsequently either imprisoned for life or killed.

The pro-abortion position is a form of mental illness.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2015, 01:55:00 PM »

Russia seems to be doing things right. They took a lot of flack for their non-pro gαy stance during the Olympics.

I hope Russia does ban abortion.