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Abortion is ‘Pre-Eminent’ Human Rights Issue, St Augustine Bishop Says as Election Nears – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Abortion is ‘Pre-Eminent’ Human Rights Issue, St Augustine Bishop Says as Election Nears

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By Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency, Oct. 11, 2020

Denver Newsroom, Oct 11, 2020 / 03:01 pm MT (CNA) – Abortion is a “fundamental threat to the beginning of life itself” and Catholics can’t be passive on the “pre-eminent” human rights issue, the right to life, Bishop Felipe Estevez of St. Augustine has said in a pre-election letter to his diocese’s Catholics about the importance of conscientious political participation.

“Pope Francis has made it clear that if we fail to protect life, no other rights matter. He also said that abortion is not primarily a Catholic or even a religious issue: it is first and foremost a human rights issue,” Bishop Estevez said in his Oct. 7 letter.

He rejected the claim of those who say, “as a matter of faith, I am against abortion, but I cannot impose my belief on others.” Such claims reflect a commitment to the “false belief” that some human beings don’t deserve legal protection, said the bishop. …

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