[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Pro-Life Pharmacist Speaks out on Recent IL victories; Palin vs Dr Death; UK death panels under fire; more....

Fri Sep 4 15:35:13 MDT 2009

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*/_PRO-LIFE PHARMACIST SPEAKS ABOUT RECENT IL VICTORY..._/* 
<http://moodyradiopaulbutler.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/prolife-pharmacists-case-in-illinois/>*/_ 

Sarah Palin vs Dr Death... 
<http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/sarah_palin_vs_dr_death.html>

UK death panels exposed; not so jolly in England after all?... 
<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/uk_death_panels_exposed.html>
Barrie's death panels to unravel...lightbulb savings... 
<http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/obamas_death_panels_to_unravel.html> 
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*City of Paris Pushes Chemical Abortion, Concerned About Access to 
Abortion Services*

By Patrick B. Craine

PARIS, France, September 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Concerned about 
abortion access in the city of Paris, the Mayor's office presented an 
action plan last week that involves offering chemical abortions without 
hospitalization in five 'planning centres' or abortuaries around the 
city, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The chemical abortions will be available up to five weeks, and the City 
hopes that it will make it easier for women to get abortions.

Sérénade Chafik of France's Planned Parenthood spoke of abortion access 
as an "obstacle course."  "The law is not applied," she said.  "After 
eight weeks of pregnancy, it becomes difficult to find a doctor willing 
to perform abortions."

Currently, French law allows abortion-on-demand until the 12th week 
after which they can be performed in exceptional cases with the approval 
of two doctors.

Planned Parenthood contends, as reported by AFP, that every year between 
3,000 and 5,000 go abroad to get abortions.

According to AFP, in 2007 there were 13,700 abortions in Paris, compared 
with 209,700 reported in all of France in 2006. 
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*Patients' Freedom of Conscience: The Case for Values-Driven Health 
Plans <http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/bg1933.cfm>.*
Rationing of health care for the elderly and chronically ill and 'death 
panels' grabbed attention this summer as the Left pushed to inject the 
government further into healthcare. Issues such as end-of-life are not, 
however, the only issues of conscience that could be affected by further 
government healthcare control.* *The abortion...beginning of life... 
embryonic stem cell research... cloning... genetic engineering... could 
be as well*.* *Pro-life advocates need to be well-grounded in all the 
issues that could be touched by an expanded federal role in healthcare. 
*The Heritage Foundation's Bob Moffit and Jennifer Marshall addressed 
these very issues in the context of* *the need for values-driven health 
plans.* Their work remains an invaluable reference for pro-life 
advocates during the current debate. **
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**Cardinal Lashes out at Angry Pro-Lifers, Soft-Pedals Criticism of 
Kennedy Abortion Support*

Disagrees "In the Strongest Terms" with Those Who Opposed Kennedy Funeral

Editorial by John-Henry Westen

BOSTON, September 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an entry on his blog 
last night, Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley defended his participation in 
the grandiose funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy.  "There are those who 
objected, in some cases vociferously, to the Church's providing a 
Catholic funeral for the Senator.   In the strongest terms I disagree 
with that position," he wrote.

The problem with that of course is that the leaders of the largest and 
most significant Catholic pro-life groups in the United States never 
criticized having a funeral per se, just a public one which would be 
made into a mass-media extravaganza.

Fr. Tom Euteneuer, of Human Life International, the largest pro-life 
organization in the world issued a statement 
<http://www.hli.org/index.php?option=com_acajoom&act=mailing&task=view&listid=2&mailingid=666> 
prior to the funeral noting: "Senator Kennedy needs to be sent to the 
afterlife with a private, family-only funeral and the prayers of the 
Church for the salvation of his immortal soul."

Dr. Monica Miller, director of the pro-life group Citizens for a 
Pro-Life Society (CPLS) also called on Americans 
<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/aug/09082801.html>to respectfully 
urge Cardinal O'Malley not to allow the passing of the notorious 
abortion advocate to be honored with a public Catholic funeral.

Once the public funeral was announced with forthcoming eulogy by 
President Obama, American Life League President Judie Brown wrote 
<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/aug/090828a.html>the Cardinal 
begging him to "stop the travesty."  Brown also noted that at the very 
least, if the rumors of Kennedy's repentance were true it should be made 
known. 

"If we are led to assume Kennedy was remorseful of his pro-abortion past 
and repented, Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley should make this known to 
the Catholic faithful clearly - before the media and pro-abortion 
politicians turn Kennedy's death and Mass honoring his memory into yet 
another victory," said Brown. "If this remains unclear, what will 
millions of Catholic Americans be led to believe as Obama canonizes 
Kennedy's pro-abortion legacy on live television?"

EWTN's Raymond Arroyo also expressed dismay about the funeral 
extravaganza. On his blog 
<http://www.ewtn.com/news/blog.asp?blog_ID=2>he wrote, "The prayer 
intercessions at the funeral mass, the endless eulogies, the image of 
the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston reading prayers, and finally Cardinal 
McCarrick interring the remains sent an uncontested message: One may 
defy Church teaching, publicly lead others astray, deprive innocent 
lives of their rights, and still be seen a good Catholic, even an 
exemplary one."

With the public funeral done and the worst fears of Catholic pro-life 
leaders realized, Cardinal O'Malley has now mounted a vigorous defense 
of his actions.

"I wish to address our Catholic faithful who have voiced both support 
and disappointment at my having presided at the Senator's funeral Mass," 
he wrote.  "Needless to say, the Senator's wake and Catholic funeral 
were controversial because of the fact that he did not publically 
support Catholic teaching and advocacy on behalf of the unborn."  No 
mention was made of the Senator's vigorous work to dismantle the 
traditional definition of marriage.

"As Archbishop of Boston, I considered it appropriate to represent the 
Church at this liturgy out of respect for the Senator, his family, those 
who attended the Mass and all those who were praying for the Senator and 
his family at this difficult time," he said.

In his remarks 
<http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2009/09/02/on-senator-kennedys-funeral/> the 
Cardinal had much praise for Kennedy, his work for social justice and 
especially for his family.  Addressing Kennedy's working against the 
life of the unborn, the Cardinal called it only a "great 
disappointment".  He said: "there is a tragic sense of lost opportunity 
in his lack of support for the unborn."

The Cardinal reserved his harshest criticisms for pro-lifers who 
complained to him.  "At times, even in the Church, zeal can lead people 
to issue harsh judgments and impute the worst motives to one another.  
These attitudes and practices do irreparable damage to the communion of 
the Church," he wrote.  "If any cause is motivated by judgment, anger or 
vindictiveness, it will be doomed to marginalization and failure."

First off, if anyone did send angry or vindictive comments to Cardinal 
O'Malley, while they may have been understandable given the perception 
of betrayal, they were - as are most such communications - unhelpful at 
best and likely harmful.  You may even want to issue an apology, and 
review our suggestions for writing effective communications 
<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042903.html>.

Unfortunately in this case, those angry communications may have given 
Cardinal O'Malley an excuse for his false compassion regarding Kennedy.  
I don't mean to insult the good Cardinal - and I do mean good. 

I had a personal encounter with Cardinal O'Malley years ago, just after 
he came to Boston.  We had a conversation marked by sincerity and open 
love of faith.  He is a good man.  He also has a very soft heart.  He is 
a man of great compassion.

But in this case, the Cardinal's compassion is misguided.  In fact, it 
can easily be argued that while it may seem charitable, giving Kennedy 
such a funeral was an act of cruelty for him and for the Church rather 
than one of compassion.  

The funeral itself seemed to canonize Kennedy rather than have people 
beg for God's mercy on his soul.  It set a bad example for Catholics, 
particularly Catholic politicians, it gave a false impression that the 
Church does not take seriously its teachings on life and family etc, etc.

It would have been hard for the Cardinal to deny Kennedy a public 
funeral.  He would have received the ire of the world's elite.  He would 
have been called mean and uncharitable, horribly lacking in compassion.  
Very much like the reaction he would have received by denying the 
Senator Holy Communion.

However, as a father of seven children I can assure you that discipline, 
while hard to carry out, is an act of love.  Yes it gets complaints, but 
it is done out of love and for the good of the child and the rest of the 
family by the loving parent.  It is far easier to ignore bad behavior 
than to correct it, but in doing so parents harm their children, 
sometimes causing 'irreparable damage' by their omission.

Especially given Cardinal O'Malley's caring heart, denying the Senator 
Communion while he lived would have been an act of heroic charity.  It 
would have been the strongest call to Kennedy to come back to fullness 
of faith, and away from spiritual harm.

And while as an earthly father I am protecting my little ones from 
physical harm, the bishop is guarding his spiritual sons from the 
Eternal version.

As the Archbishop of Ottawa explained to me once in an interview: "The 
Church's concern is for anyone who persists in grave sin, hoping that 
medicinal measures may draw them away from the wrong path to the truth 
of our faith." He said that "medicinal" remedies such as "denial of 
communion" are employed to "draw them back to the way of Christ, Our 
Lord, the Way, the Truth and the Life."

In the final analysis, Cardinal O'Malley's answer to those requesting no 
funeral is an answer to a straw man.  Another answer must be given to 
those who wrote him charitably begging the good Cardinal to avoid the 
scandal of a grandiose public funeral.

In the words of Phil Lawler  
<http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/articles.cfm?id=342>the 
editor of Catholic World News: "A week after the death of Ted Kennedy, 
the relevant question is not whether the Massachusetts Senator deserved 
a Catholic funeral, but whether he deserved a ceremony of public 
acclamation so grand and sweeping that it might, to the untutored 
observer, have seemed more like an informal canonization."

See Cardinal O'Malley's full blogpost 
<http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2009/09/02/on-senator-kennedys-funeral/>

See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:

Reflections on the Kennedy Funeral

<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/aug/09083107.html>ALL President on 
Kennedy Funeral: "Beyond Anything I have Witnessed in 65 Years"

<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09090105.html>Priest: Imagine 
the Funeral if Kennedy was an Anti-Semite Rather Than Pro-Abortion

<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/aug/09083109.html>HLI 
Priest-President Re: Kennedy Funeral Scandal: "Private funeral, family 
only - period"

<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/aug/09082803.html>EWTN's Arroyo 
Takes Cardinal McCarrick to Task over Kennedy & Pope Letters

<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09090107.html>The Kennedy 
Funeral - A Golden Opportunity or Capitulation for the Catholic Church 
<http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/aug/09082706.html>

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