BILINGUAL BILLBOARD URGING A “NO” VOTE TO PROPOSAL ONE POSTED BY U.D.R.L.C. ON ROUTE 9W
October 1st, 2024 (Ulster Park, N.Y.) - In concert with the Coalition to Protect Kids N.Y., the statewide opposition campaign to Proposal One’s attempt to enshrine abortion on demand and gender theory into the N.Y.S. Constitution, the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee sponsored a bilingual advertisement at its billboard in Ulster Park for October. The bilingual poster is one more measure of the U.D.R.L.C.’s cooperation with the Coalition in defense of preborn children and of the rights of parents. (Snapshot thanks to Fr. Arthur Rojas)ULSTER DEANERY RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE ENGAGES THE PUBLIC
AT BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL, ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas or Dcn. John Carr
Ellenville, New York - August 10, 2024 - The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (U.D.R.L.C.), which coordinates the Catholic pro-life movement in Ulster County, engaged the marketplace of ideas through its booth at the annual Blueberry Festival at Ellenville, New York. "We were greatly blessed with good weather for the event and a wonderful turnout," stated Dcn. John Carr, Deputy Moderator-Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C., adding "we were able to distribute information that ranged from help for parents who need help with basic needs all the way to comforting parents suffering from the effects of aborting their child." Furthermore, the U.D.R.L.C. enjoyed the practical and prayerful support locally of St. Mary and St. Andrew's Parish at Ellenville, which this year had its booth located right next door to the U.D.R.L.C. booth. Explained Fr. Kenneth L. Riello, pastor, "At the festival, we evangelized our neighbors and visitors not only with devotional items and materials of the Catholic faith but also with face to face interaction to reach people of other faiths and of no faith."
Both the U.D.R.L.C. and St. Mary-St. Andrew's Parish booths distributed palm cards and fact sheets in English and Spanish to urge New Yorkers to vote "no" to Proposition One, the so-called "Equal Rights Amendment", on November 5th. Asserted Fr. Arthur Rojas Moderator-Spiritual Director, U.D.R.L.C., "Proposition One would insert abortion-on-demand and gender theory into our state constitution, thus entrenching New York's hostile legal framework to the preborn child in the womb as well as enabling further attacks on parental rights in the medical treatment and upbringing of their children. Furthermore, New York should leave girls' sports for girls and boys' sports activities for boys without confusion or unfair interference. All New Yorkers should vote "no" to Proposition One on November 5th." The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee and various Catholic parishes in Ulster County are cooperating with the Coalition to Protect Kids - NY, (protectkidsny.com) which is the statewide "NO" campaign to Proposition One. Disclosed Dcn. Carr, "We gave out so much information on Proposition One that at one point I had to quickly run home and make more copies."
The U.D.R.L.C. coordinates the Catholic pro-life movement in Ulster County on several fronts, including prayer, advocacy, and education. The U.D.R.L.C.'s website is www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org The Committee has worked with other organizations such as the Pregnancy Support Center of Ulster County (www.pscuc.org), also known as the Bravo Center, at Kingston on different aspects of the pro-life cause too.
St. Mary and St. Andrew's Church serves the village of Ellenville, the surrounding town of Wawarsing, and the neighboring towns of Shawangunk and Rochester in southwestern Ulster County (www.smsaparish.org).
U.D.R.L.C. TEAMS UP WITH BRAVO CENTER TO OFFER PRO-LIFE MESSAGE OF HOPE AT ULSTER COUNTY FAIR
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas New Paltz, New York (August 4, 2024)
As another year concludes of the Ulster County Fair held at New Paltz, New York, the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (hereinafter "U.D.R.L.C.") and the Pregnancy Support Center of Ulster County (a.k.a. "Bravo Center") worked together to conduct outreach at the fair to hundreds of passers-by. "The U.D.R.L.C. is grateful to the Bravo Center for the opportunity to provide a broad message of pro-life and pro-family hope not only to expectant mothers in need or distress but also to the greater Ulster community," remarked Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C.
For about 12 hours a day during the span of the Ulster County Fair, shifts of volunteers of the U.D.R.L.C. led by Fr. Rojas or Dcn. John Carr, his deputy, worked with Ms. Michelle Whittaker, Executive Director of the Bravo Center, to engage passers-by on several aspects of the pro-life cause, starting with abortion and expanding to the needs of expectant mothers and newborn children, distributing materials on various pro-life topics, as well as to answer questions about Christian spirituality and hand out devotional and other items. In addition, U.D.R.L.C. volunteers distributed palm cards from the Campaign to Protect Kids NY (www.protectkidsny.com) and bilingual flyers designed by the Archdiocese of New York to encourage Ulsterites and visitors to the fair to vote against Proposition One on the New York ballot on November 5th, a ballot item which would endanger parental rights by inserting gender theory into New York's state constitution and further enshrine abortion-on-demand into the state constitution too. "If adopted, Proposition One would make abortion-on-demand protected by the state constitution virtually up to the moment of birth as well as impose New York State in place of parents in the medical treatment of their children as well as to threaten the integrity of girls' and women's sports and activities," alerted Fr. Rojas.
The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org) coordinates the prayerful and practical pro-life activities of the Catholic pro-life movement amidst the various parishes in the Ulster Deanery, which is coterminous with Ulster County. The U.D.R.L.C. has cooperated with other organizations such as the Bruderhof Communities and, lately at the Ulster County Fair, with the Bravo Center towards mutual aims to advance the common good, concentrating on pro-life and pro-family matters. "Furthermore, the U.D.R.L.C. looks forward to spreading the Gospel of Life on Saturday, August 10th at the Blueberry Festival at Ellenville, New York," announced Fr. Rojas.
The Pregnancy Support Center of Ulster County, also known as the Bravo Center, is located in Kingston, New York (www.pscuc.org). As its primary mission, the Bravo Center helps expectant mothers in need to make the choice of giving birth to their preborn children as well as to help with the needs of their newborn children and families through a wide variety of free and confidential services. Fr. Arthur Rojas, Jane Randazzo (2nd from Left) and Catherine Parrinello (At far right) join Michelle Whittaker (2nd from right) at the joint booth of the Bravo Center and U.D.R.L.C. Credit to U.D.R.L.C. for picture.
Fr. Arthur Rojas, Jane Randazzo (2nd from Left) and Catherine Parrinello (At far right) join Michelle Whittaker (2nd from right) at the joint booth of the Bravo Center and U.D.R.L.C. Credit to U.D.R.L.C. for picture.
ULSTER DEANERY RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE
FIELDS LARGE TEAM AT 2024 NYS MARCH FOR LIFE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 24, 2024
Contact: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas or Dcn. John Carr
Albany, New York - Amidst approximately 250 persons today at the New York State Capitol, the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org) fielded dozens of participants, mostly from various parishes in Ulster County as well as a few representatives from allies such as the Ulster Community College Students for Life. "On the birthday of St. John the Baptist, who gave witness to Our Lord Jesus even before he was born (cf. Luke 1:41,44), we Ulster pro-lifers were inspired to make ourselves seen and heard on the grounds of the State Capitol today," declared Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C. Before the U.D.R.L.C.'s bus left Port Ewen for Albany on the morning of June 24th, Holy Mass was offered at Presentation Church for the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist by Fr. Rojas, whom is also pastor of Presentation-Sacred Heart Parish (Port Ewen-Esopus), and assisted by Dcn. John Carr, Deputy Moderator of the U.D.R.L.C. and a deacon at St. Mary-St. Peter's Parish, Kingston. "In making a 21st century witness for the Gospel of Life, it is fitting that we began the day with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass," remarked Dcn. Carr.
Although the delegation from Ulster County was the largest of the groups coming from areas served by the Archdiocese of New York, U.D.R.L.C. members encountered participants from St. Joseph's Church (Yonkers), Advocates for Life (Westchester County), and parishes in Putnam County. In addition to the march itself, which traversed the Empire State Plaza from the Children's Memorial to the grounds of the State Capitol, a rally was held once the marchers reached the end site designated by the organizers of the event (www.marchforlifeny.org)
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee announces the Winners of the 2024 Respect Life Essay Contest at its May 21 meeting.
Students at all Catholic parishes in Ulster County in 7th and 8th grade, high school or college were encouraged to enter the Contest, as well as high school students at the Mount Academy in Esopus.
The 7th-8th Grade Level asked the students to write about lessons from the saints that can encourage young people to respect life from conception to natural death. The Winner of the $150 Prize was Brennen Banbury, a parishioner of St. Joseph Parish in Kingston and a student at Kingston Catholic School.
The High School students were asked to explain how respect for human life at all stages of development can help young people respect their own sexual powers. The Winner of the $250 Prize was Luke Railing, a parishioner of St. Augustine Parish in Highland and a homeschooled student.
The College prompt asked students to consider how best to convince their peers that New York State should not enshrine abortion as a right in our state constitution. The Winner of the $400 Prize was Michael Patrick Griffin, a parishioner of St. Mary/St. Andrew in Ellenville and a student at SUNY Ulster.
The Winners will be awarded their Prizes and a Certificate of Award at the June meeting of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (UDRLC)
"The winners of our Essay Contest represent a budding hope of pro-life Ulster youth among the Catholics of our county," proclaimed Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the UDRLC.
Colleen Toder, Chair of the Essay Contest Committee, agreed. "The Contest Committee was thoroughly impressed with the quality of all the entries and is encouraged by their passion and eloquence. The future is pro-life, and our students are already taking the lead," she said.
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U.D.R.L.C.'s 40 Hour Devotion Draws Hundreds to Plattekill for Eucharistic Adoration Tied to Pro-Life Cause in N.Y.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 19, 2026 - Plattekill, N.Y.
CONTACT: Fr. Arthur Rojas at (845) 514-3703
Website: www.ulsterdeaneryrespectlife.org
Plattekill, N.Y. - As the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (U.D.R.L.C.) seeks to amplify the participation of Catholics in Ulster County along with allies such as the Bruderhof Communities for the pro-life cause, the Committee's third annual Forty Hours Devotion of Solemn Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was moved to Our Lady of Fatima Church (Plattekill, N.Y) from April 11 to 13, after having been celebrated in November 2021 at Presentation Church (Port Ewen) and in April 2023 at St. Mary's Church (Kingston). "In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the Supreme Court that remanded the issue of abortion-on-demand to the states in June 2022, the U.D.R.L.C. wanted to raise awareness that New York had legalized abortion on April 11, 1970, about three years before the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in January 1973," explained Robert D. Smith, Jr., a parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Church who headed the hosting team of the Forty Hour Devotion at Plattekill. "Given that abortion is firstly an issue of whom we treat as fully human in our society and from what point, our Committee believes that reparation must be made to God before we can seek justice for the preborn child and compassion for distressed expectant mothers in New York," stated Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator-Spiritual Director of the U.D.R.L.C.
Starting with a Mass of Exposition on the afternoon of April 11th celebrated by Fr. Rojas and concelebrated by Fr. Paul Jibrin, the priest stationed at Our Lady of Fatima, the Blessed Sacrament (a consecrated Host containing the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ) was exposed for adoration for 40 hours with the themes of reparation for the 54 years of legal abortion in New York, praying for the conversion of New Yorkers both high and low towards the pro-life cause, and for divine blessing of the efforts of Catholic and other prolifers in Ulster County and elsewhere towards defending human life and dignity from conception until natural death. "It is impressive that hundreds of people within Ulster County and even from other places came to Plattekill throughout the forty hours, whether day or night, for this combination of Eucharistic adoration and the cause of social justice and human rights via the prolife cause," observed Fr. Rojas. Added Mr. Smith, "The Spirit of God was palpable, you couldn't help but be moved. The Forty Hours Devotion was life-changing" for many parishioners who participated.
The Forty Hours Devotion concluded on the morning of Saturday, April 13th with Solemn Exposition by Fr. Jibrin and then the Mass of the morning. The U.D.R.L.C. intends to carry the devotion into next year so long as abortion remains legal in New York state. Indeed, the U.D.R.L.C. is active on other pro-life issues such as combating the threat of euthanasia with the proposed "assited suicide" bill pending in Albany (A.995/S.2445). Finally, the Committee is readying itself to actively back the NO campaign on the "Equality Amendment" on the ballot this November that would enshrine abortion-on-demand in the state constitution. A picture of the Forty Hours Devotion attached to this release can be seen below.https://thegoodnewsroom.org/annual-pro-life-signature-ad-in-daily-freeman-kingston-fills-two-pages-of-april-14-issue-exceeding-1400-names/
Annual Pro-Life Signature Ad in Daily Freeman (Kingston) Fills Two Pages of April 14 Issue, Exceeding 1,400 Names
By: The Good Newsroom
“The amount represents a gain of nine percent over the previous year’s ad in the Daily Freeman,” announced Father Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator-Spiritual Director of the UDRLC
KINGSTON — Two full pages of the Daily Freeman, the daily newspaper of Kingston, the county seat of Ulster County, featured the signatures of more than 1,400 individuals in support of the pro-life declaration of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee (UDRLC) on Sunday, April 14, in mournful commemoration of April 11, 1970, the date when abortion was legalized in New York by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. “The amount represents a gain of nine percent over the previous year’s ad in the Daily Freeman,” announced Father Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator-Spiritual Director of the UDRLC.
For decades, the UDRLC has made a practice of taking its “Signature Ad” annually on the pages of the Daily Freeman as a statement of protest and determination in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established abortion on demand as a constitutional right across the United States, usually in the Sunday issue nearest to the January 22 anniversary of that ruling. “However, with the Dobbs v. Jackson decision of the U.S. Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade in 2022 and returning the abortion issue to the states,” stated Father Rojas, “our committee decided to raise awareness of the anniversary of April 11, 1970 as the start of the tragedy of abortion on demand in New York. In light of the “Equality Amendment” on the ballot in November seeking to enshrine abortion on demand in our state constitution, our Signature Ad this year is especially relevant and timely.”
The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee aims to coordinate the spiritual and practical pro-life activities of Catholics of the 14 parishes in Ulster County and allied people of good will such as the Bruderhof Communities.
The UDRLC intends to cooperate with New Yorkers of all faiths concerned over preborn human life and parental rights to urge Ulsterites and New Yorkers to vote no on the so-called “Equality Amendment” this November.
To participate in the 40 Hours for Life Adoration you can contact your parish representative or you may sign up individually on-line at:
https://adorationpro.org/ulsterlife
Simply click on the green button and choose the time slot you would like to volunteer for.
Either an email address or a cellphone number is required so that we can send you a reminder.
The Eucharistic Jesus loves it when you visit Him!
Stop by
Our Lady of Fatima Church, 1250 State Route 32, Plattekill, New York for 40
hours of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament! Sponsored by the Ulster Deanery
Respect Life Committee and hosted by Our Lady of Fatima Parish. No
preregistration required, just stop by, even if only for half an hour.
3/12/24. Albany, New York -
Under the leadership of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life
Committee, a committed delegation of ten Ulster Catholics joined hundreds of
New Yorkers at a rally today by the New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide
at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center. In addition to our delegates being
hosted by Assemb. Brian Maher on the floor of the Assembly chamber, a number of
delegates went to register objections to the "Medical Aid in Dying"
bill (A.995/S.2445) at the Albany offices of Assemb. Sarahana Shrestha and Sen.
Michelle Hinchey. This rally also provided our Committee with an opportunity to
raise our profile and to meet activists from different parts of New York State.
"Our presence in Albany today is one more step towards more assertive
advocacy for our disabled, elderly, lonely, and poor New Yorkers in a broad
Prolife resistance to the prescription of death by political and corporate interests," stated Fr. Arthur Rojas,
Moderator and Spiritual Director of the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee. (Pictures
were taken by Trevor Jones)
U.D.R.L.C. RAISES AWARENESS AGAINST NYS ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL
Click on the link below to read the article with a subscription:
Response to Medical Aid in Dying bill published in Shawangunk Journal.
March For Life – Washington D.C.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Below, you will find a link to the Archdiocese of New York Respect Life Office '2024 March for Life' page. Here you will find information regarding buses that are scheduled to depart from specific areas within the Archdiocese for those who would like to attend the 2024 March for Life in Washington D.C. . There is also information regarding opportunities for local prayer and witness for this important date.
JAN. 22 IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR LEGAL PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN
Jan. 5, 2024 (Esopus, N.Y.) - The Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee reminds Catholics and other Ulsterites of good will that Monday, January 22 is the annual National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children declared by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in light of the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 1973 that imposed abortion-on-demand across America. Although the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling in June 2022 by the High Court returned the abortion issue to the states, our struggle continues to restore legal and social protection to preborn human children. "That struggle is firstly spiritual and involves prayers or reparation as well as for the conversion of our beloved country to the Gospel of Life over the Culture of Death," stated by Fr. Arthur F. Rojas, Moderator and Spiritual Director of the Committee.
Thus, the Committee is pleased to note that a Special Mass for the National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children will be offered on Monday, January 22nd at 11:30 a.m., Sacred Heart Church, 1055 Broadway, Esopus, New York. Confessions will be heard from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. We encourage all Catholic parishes in Ulster County to publicize their observances of the National Day of Prayer and we welcome the prayers and other cooperation of Ulster residents of other religions.
HERE IS A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR YOU ON NOV. 5, 2024:
VOTE "NO" ON THE PROPOSED "EQUALITY" OR "EQUAL RIGHTS" AMENDMENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION
Stay tuned as the Ulster Deanery Respect Life Committee joins other New Yorkers of different faiths and even no faith to oppose this attempt to enshrine abortion-on-demand into our state constitution as a fundamental right. In light of what happened in Ohio last fall, it is imperative that Catholics in Ulster County - clerics, religious, and lay people alike - lift our hands in prayer and our voices in advocacy against this hideous maneuver to grant constitutional status to the intrinsic evil and mortal sin of abortion, which denies the humanity of the preborn child, corrupts the practice of medicine and morality, strips parents of their right and duty to care for their minor children, and peddles a bloody and regretful answer to women and others who may be in distress. Our Committee looks forward to cooperating with various groups and persons of pro-life good will or who care about the integrity of our state constitution or the rights of parents against this vile, inhumane amendment.
LIFE NEWS FOR JULY 2024
KRISTIAN HAWKINS / STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION / 7-6-2024
Tomorrow is one of the most important days for pro-lifers IN YEARS. The Republican National Committee (RNC) is having their first post-Roe platform meeting, which will ultimately decide what the party’s platform is on abortion for years to come. The bad news is, as we’ve heard from several delegates to the Republican National Convention, there are forces working to weaken the platform’s pro-life language. This is exactly why Students for Life Action has launched our GOP for Life Campaign: to STOP any effort to turn the GOP into a squishy, complacent party at best . . . or a pro-abortion party at worst.
PRIESTS FOR LIFE / 7-8-2024
by Prolife Leader Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life
June 24th marked the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision of the US Supreme Court, reversing Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. It’s a good occasion to reflect on the five-decade journey from the Roe decision to its demise. Many say they were surprised that Roe fell. But we shouldn’t be. Roe was a dilapidated building standing on a fake foundation, crumbling, and already partially demolished. Roe started off on shaky ground. Jane Roe herself (Norma McCorvey, whom I knew well) lied to the Court and hardly knew what an abortion was. The case itself had no record, and bypassed appellate review, jumping from the District Court straight to the US Supreme Court. The Justices, in fact, were confused about what they were deciding, many of them led to believe that it was about federal jurisdiction over state criminal procedure rather than a decision about a “Constitutional right to abortion.” And as for the critical element of “viability” as the point, in Roe doctrine, prior to which the state could not prohibit abortion, it was a concept addressed neither in the oral arguments nor in any of the briefs, but circulated in an internal memo among the Justices just a month before the decision was issued. The “argumentation” in Roe – Constitutional, historical, medical – was an embarrassment and could not have been weaker or more irrelevant to the Constitution. The “framework” of abortion policy issued by the decision reads more like a piece of legislation than a Constitutional interpretation. From the time Roe was issued, no Supreme Court decision endured more criticism, both from within and outside our judicial system. Never had a “Constitutional right to abortion” been recognized either at the state or federal level. Whether one looks at the text or the history of the Constitution, it was absent. The Supreme Court itself, even in reaffirming Roe in subsequent abortion decisions, also began dismantling it. The Casey decision (1992) rejected its “trimester framework” and, even in affirming its “central holding,” did not endorse its weak reasoning. Rather, it invented a new standard of review for abortion – the “undue burden” – but that bore no more relationship with the Constitution than Roe did. In five different cases, as the Supreme Court wrestled with how far the states could go under Roe to regulate or limit abortion, the US government, under Republican Administrations, filed Amicus briefs to argue for Roe’s complete reversal. President Ronald Reagan, in fact, who while in office wrote the short book Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, asserted there, “I am convinced if the Supreme Court re-examines Roe, it will change its mind and reverse its course.” Justice Clarence Thomas makes clear in Created Equal (the documentary about his life and career) that the Senate Judiciary committee that confirmed him was concerned above anything else “about how I would rule on Roe.” Bush 41 put Clarence Thomas on the bench; Bush 43 put Alito there, who authored Dobbs. In a nutshell, the Dobbs decision’s reasoning against a “Constitutional right to abortion” can be summed up in three words: it isn’t there. As we noted above, until Roe, never in American history had the federal government or any state government, or even any scholarly article about jurisprudence, recognized a “right to abortion.” Now, as we have reached the second anniversary of this decision, it’s more crucial than ever that we read, study, and understand it, so that we can use the strength of its arguments to stop the effort to put a novel and invented “right to abortion” into state Constitutions.
Do not be surprised that Roe is gone. Be energized, rather, to make the pro-life argument to the American public on a playing field that has now been leveled by the Court, appropriately acknowledging it has no Constitutional reason to block a people’s ability to protect their unborn children.
NOTE: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 Supreme Court case that reversed Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the decisions that originally asserted the fundamental right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus. Dobbs v. Jackson states that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; and the authority to regulate abortion is “returned to the people and their elected representatives.”
FRANK PAVONE / 7-10-2024
S.4554 - Reproductive Freedom for Women Act
The bill, S 4554, cosponsored by Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, was sponsored by abortion advocate Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, and has 40 co-sponsors. Sixty affirmative votes will be needed tonight to allow the measure to advance. The bill calls for “the protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade” to be “restored and built upon, moving towards a future where there is reproductive freedom for all.” Restored and BUILT UPON. This bill is not as radically pro-abortion as the Women’s Health Protection Act but the phrase “restored and built” is a clear sign that this bill is just an opening salvo in the Democrats’ war on the unborn. Even more importantly, if passed, it likely would supersede any state laws that have been passed since the 2022 Dobbs decision to protect babies, their mothers, and minor girls.
NOTE: Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked. A motion to proceed to consider is a proposal, usually offered by the majority leader, to bring a measure, nomination, or treaty up for floor consideration, including debate and votes. It is usually used when unanimous consent to do so cannot be obtained. On 07/11/2024 a motion to proceed to measure was considered in the Senate.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / 7-16-24
Here is what the current Republican Party platform says:
Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life
We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).
This is the first time in decades that the Republican platform failed to condemn abortion as a violation of the founding principles of our nation. There is no mention of support for a Human Life Amendment to the federal constitution, and no call for such pro-life measures as bans on federal funding for elective abortions and sex-selection abortions, as well as protections for children born alive during an abortion. There is nothing about the critical issue of restricting chemical abortion drugs, which is the preferred method of killing unborn children early in pregnancy. There isn’t even a comment about the desirability of banning or limiting early abortions.
It is also incoherent to hold up the guarantee of due process of law for the protection of the right to life, and simultaneously saying merely that states “may” choose to enforce that right — and standing aside while states choose to legalize abortion on demand throughout pregnancy. Either you believe in the inalienable right to life, or you think it’s negotiable. You can’t have it both ways.
Contrast this with the unequivocal moral condemnation of abortion in the 2016 Republican platform:
The Constitution’s guarantee that no one can “be deprived of life, liberty or property” deliberately echoes the Declaration of Independence’s proclamation that “all” are “endowed by their Creator” with the inalienable right to life. Accordingly, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth.
The 2016 platform then laid out an extensive pro-life agenda that would be pursued at the federal level. Many specifics were included about funding cuts, the appointment of judges, banning the sale of fetal tissue, etc. It strongly denounced the Democratic extremism on abortion.
All of these were omitted from the 2024 platform. Indeed, there is nothing in the 2024 platform that would commit the federal government to doing anything to restrict abortion.
The new platform is the creation of the presidential nominee, who has insisted on the “popular sovereignty” position of leaving abortion to the states to decide. His vice-presidential nominee has previously espoused solid pro-life positions. But he appears to have trimmed his sails to match the new party pro-choice position, even to the point of endorsing the availability of abortion drugs.
Many pro-lifers will nevertheless choose to vote for this ticket, and thus this platform, to stop the pro-abortion extremism of the current administration. Many hope that electing the Republicans will result in pro-life people filling important policy-making positions and enacting important limits on abortion. Those are reasonable positions.
Others, like myself, believe that there are alternatives to the binary Republican/Democrat model. The American Solidarity Party, for example, is a firm believer in the fundamental right to life. Voting for principle is a legitimate way to try to hold the major parties accountable.
There certainly is an important point in being prudent about what is feasible in the current political climate. But there should be no doubt about what the Republican ticket and platform are doing. There is no excuse in their abandoning the foundational principles of the pro-life movement — and those of their own party.
LIVE ACTION / KIMBERLY BIRD / 7-17-2024
Abortion without limits?
A proposed budget from President Biden earlier this year endorsed taxpayer funding for abortion through all three trimesters. Democratic lawmakers have often been reluctant to give a concrete answer as to which, if any, limits on abortion they support. However, pro-abortion lawmakers have been quick to publicly claim that 1) abortions that happen late in pregnancy are rare, and only for the most serious of reasons, and 2) abortions just don’t happen all the way up to birth.
Hmm. Let’s take a look at what the Guttmacher Institute had to say in January 2024 (emphases added):
- Only six states(Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont) and the District of Columbia do not prohibit abortion at a specific point in pregnancy.
- While abortions after 20 weeks represent about 1% of all abortions, it is critical that people have access throughout pregnancyto protect bodily autonomy and ensure equity. Any gestational age ban may delay or deny access to abortion care.
And KFF (the Kaiser Family Foundation) stated in February 2024 that seven states plus D.C. have no restrictions on abortion.
In other words, while the media and pro-abortion politicians are busy claiming that abortions don’t happen up to birth and that no one is advocating for it, or diverting people with the red herring about the “rarity” of late abortions, 6-7 states plus D.C. allow abortion without any restrictions at all if a woman wants it, and Guttmacher (Planned Parenthood’s former research arm and “special affiliate”) appears to wish that ALL states did the same.
UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS / USCCB Pro-Life ProLife@usccb.org / 7-23-2024.
Proposals in Congress threaten human life, the family, and religious freedom. The need to accompany and support the increasing number of families struggling with infertility is real. But members of Congress – including many who consider themselves pro-life – are in a rush to promote access to a new national “right” to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other such technologies that destroy preborn human lives and treat people like property (like surrogacy, gene editing, and cloning). Some of the current proposals would also threaten Catholic hospitals, charities, schools, and other organizations and people that do not enable or cover these medical procedures. They could even allow minors to receive the procedures despite parents’ objections. Please tell your members of Congress to oppose bills that promote so-called “rights” to IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies (ART) that cause the death of countless human embryos and violate human dignity.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / LIFE NEWS /7-24-24
With President Joe Biden stepping down from re-election later this year and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, is Kamala Harris really as pro-abortion as she is portrayed by many news outlets?
Harris has been a long-time supporter of abortion and has a history of using her political position and influence to promote it. If she is selected as the Democrats’ presidential nominee and wins the election in November, it is likely that the defiance and expansion of abortion access will be among her priorities.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Kamala Harris is the Vice President (VP) of the US under President Joe Biden, and is the first woman to ever hold that office. After earning a law degree from the University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco in 1989, she then served as Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County from 1990 to1998, San Francisco District Attorney from 2004 to 2011 and California Attorney General from 2011 to 2017, after which she took up her role as a senator in California between 2017 and 2021. Since 2021 she has served as VP and is a front-runner to be the Democrats’ presidential nominee.
Kamala Harris as Attorney General and Senator
In 2015, activist David Daleiden released a series of videos that appeared to show officials from the American abortion giant Planned Parenthood “discussing reimbursement for handling fetal tissue and organs, which are illegal to sell for a profit”. The following year, Harris, in her role as Attorney General, launched an intrusive investigation into Daleidan including a raid on his house and confiscation of his undercover recordings.
During the same year, while she was also running for the Senate, her campaign website contained an appeal to supporters to sign a petition to defend Planned Parenthood. In 2020, during her campaign to become VP, the same abortion giant produced a campaign video urging voters to support Harris.
She supported the Reproductive FACT Act in California, signed into law in 2015. This law required pro-life pregnancy resource centers, which do not provide abortions, to post signs advertising the availability of abortion in the state, and provide a contact number for said signs. This law was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2018.
In 2019, as Senator, Harris co-sponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act, a radical piece of legislation that would have made extreme changes to abortion provision throughout the United States.
In her short-lived run for President in the same year, Harris made a number of public statements about her support for abortion. She posted on X “As President, I will stop dangerous state laws restricting reproductive rights before they go into effect”.
She also said “My promise to you: As president, I will have my Department of Justice block dangerous abortion restrictions before they take effect in states that have pushed unconstitutional anti-choice legislation, ensuring that states can’t chip away at women’s rights”. During the announcement of her ‘Fight For Reproductive Freedoms Tour’ in December last year, Harris accused those who wanted to increase protections for unborn babies through law of being “extremists” adding “I will continue to fight for our fundamental freedoms while bringing together those throughout America who agree that every woman should have the right to make decisions about her own body – not the government”. The Vice President said that since Roe v. Wade was overruled, “extremists have proposed and passed laws that have denied women access to [abortion].”
In July this year, Mini Timmaraju, President and CEO of pro-abortion Reproductive Freedom for All, endorsed Harris’s abortion record saying, “There is nobody who has fought as hard for abortion rights and access, and we are proud to endorse her in this race.”
NOTICIAS DE VIDA PARA JULIO 2024
KRISTIAN HAWKINS / STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION / 7-6-2024
Mañana es uno de los días más importantes para los pro-vida EN AÑOS. El Comité Nacional Republicano (RNC) está celebrando su primera reunión de plataforma posterior al caso Roe, que en última instancia decidirá cuál será la plataforma del partido sobre el aborto en los próximos años. La mala noticia es que, como hemos escuchado de varios delegados de la Convención Nacional Republicana, hay fuerzas que trabajan para debilitar el lenguaje pro-vida de la plataforma. Esta es exactamente la razón por la que Students for Life Action ha lanzado nuestra Campaña GOP for Life: para DETENER cualquier esfuerzo por convertir al Partido Republicano en un partido blando y complaciente en el mejor de los casos... o en un partido pro-aborto en el peor de los casos.
SACERDOTES POR LA VIDA / 7-8-2024
por el líder pro vida Frank Pavone, director nacional de Sacerdotes por la Vida
El 24 de junio se cumplió el segundo aniversario de la decisión Dobbs de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, que revocó los casos Roe v. Wade y Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Es una buena ocasión para reflexionar sobre el recorrido de cinco décadas desde la decisión Roe hasta su desaparición. Muchos dicen que se sorprendieron de que Roe cayera, pero no deberíamos estarlo. Roe era un edificio ruinoso que se levantaba sobre una base falsa, se desmoronaba y ya estaba parcialmente demolido. Roe comenzó sobre terreno inestable. La propia Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey, a quien conocía bien) mintió a la Corte y apenas sabía qué era un aborto. El caso en sí no tenía antecedentes y pasó por alto la revisión de apelación, saltando del Tribunal de Distrito directamente a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos. Los jueces, de hecho, estaban confundidos sobre lo que estaban decidiendo; a muchos de ellos se les hizo creer que se trataba de la jurisdicción federal sobre el procedimiento penal estatal, en lugar de una decisión sobre un “derecho constitucional al aborto”. Y en cuanto al elemento crítico de la “viabilidad” como punto clave en la doctrina Roe, antes de la cual el estado no podía prohibir el aborto, era un concepto que no se abordaba en los argumentos orales ni en ninguno de los escritos, sino que circulaba en un memorando interno entre los jueces apenas un mes antes de que se emitiera la decisión. La “argumentación” en Roe –constitucional, histórica, médica– era una vergüenza y no podría haber sido más débil o más irrelevante para la Constitución. El “marco” de la política del aborto emitido por la decisión se lee más como una pieza de legislación que como una interpretación constitucional. Desde el momento en que se emitió Roe, ninguna decisión de la Corte Suprema soportó más críticas, tanto desde dentro como desde fuera de nuestro sistema judicial. Nunca se había reconocido un “derecho constitucional al aborto” ni a nivel estatal ni federal. Ya sea que se mire el texto o la historia de la Constitución, estaba ausente. La propia Corte Suprema, incluso al reafirmar Roe en decisiones posteriores sobre el aborto, también comenzó a desmantelarla. La decisión Casey (1992) rechazó su “marco trimestral” e, incluso al afirmar su “sentencia central”, no respaldó su débil razonamiento. Más bien, inventó un nuevo estándar de revisión para el aborto –la “carga indebida”– pero que no tenía más relación con la Constitución que Roe. En cinco casos diferentes, mientras la Corte Suprema luchaba por decidir hasta dónde podían llegar los estados bajo Roe para regular o limitar el aborto, el gobierno de Estados Unidos, bajo administraciones republicanas, presentó escritos amicus curiae para argumentar a favor de la revocación total de Roe. De hecho, el presidente Ronald Reagan, quien mientras estaba en el cargo escribió el breve libro Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, afirmó allí: “Estoy convencido de que si la Corte Suprema reexamina Roe, cambiará de opinión y revertirá su curso”. El juez Clarence Thomas deja claro en Created Equal (el documental sobre su vida y carrera) que el comité judicial del Senado que lo confirmó estaba preocupado por encima de todo “por cómo decidiría sobre Roe”. Bush 41 puso a Clarence Thomas en el banquillo; Bush 43 puso a Alito, autor de Dobbs. En pocas palabras, el razonamiento de la decisión Dobbs contra un “derecho constitucional al aborto” se puede resumir en tres palabras: no existe. Como señalamos anteriormente, hasta Roe, nunca en la historia estadounidense el gobierno federal o ningún gobierno estatal, o incluso ningún artículo académico sobre jurisprudencia, había reconocido un “derecho al aborto”. Ahora, cuando hemos llegado al segundo aniversario de esta decisión, es más crucial que nunca que la leamos, estudiemos y entendamos, para que podamos usar la fuerza de sus argumentos para detener el esfuerzo de poner un “derecho al aborto” novedoso e inventado en las Constituciones estatales.
No se sorprendan de que Roe haya desaparecido. Más bien, anímense a presentar el argumento pro vida al público estadounidense en un campo de juego que ahora ha sido nivelado por la Corte, reconociendo apropiadamente que no tiene ninguna razón constitucional para bloquear la capacidad de un pueblo de proteger a sus hijos no nacidos.
NOTA: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization es el caso de la Corte Suprema de 2022 que revocó Roe v. Wade y Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, las decisiones que originalmente afirmaban el derecho fundamental al aborto antes de la viabilidad del feto. Dobbs v. Jackson establece que la Constitución no confiere un derecho al aborto; y la autoridad para regular el aborto se “devuelve al pueblo y a sus representantes electos”.
FRANK PAVONE / 7-10-2024
S.4554 - Ley de Libertad Reproductiva para las Mujeres
El proyecto de ley, S 4554, copatrocinado por los senadores Schumer y Gillibrand, la Ley de Libertad Reproductiva para las Mujeres, fue patrocinado por la defensora del aborto, la senadora Patty Murray, demócrata del estado de Washington, y tiene 40 copatrocinadores. Se necesitarán sesenta votos afirmativos esta noche para permitir que la medida avance. El proyecto de ley exige que “las protecciones consagradas en Roe v. Wade” sean “restauradas y desarrolladas, avanzando hacia un futuro donde haya libertad reproductiva para todos”. Restauradas y CONSTRUIDAS. Este proyecto de ley no es tan radicalmente pro-aborto como la Ley de Protección de la Salud de la Mujer, pero la frase “restaurada y desarrollada” es una clara señal de que este proyecto de ley es solo una salva inicial en la guerra de los demócratas contra los no nacidos. Aún más importante, si se aprueba, probablemente reemplazaría cualquier ley estatal que se haya aprobado desde la decisión Dobbs de 2022 para proteger a los bebés, sus madres y niñas menores de edad.
NOTA: La moción del senador Schumer para reconsiderar la votación por la cual se cerró la moción para proceder a la medida no fue invocada. Una moción para proceder a considerar es una propuesta, generalmente ofrecida por el líder de la mayoría, para llevar una medida, nominación o tratado a consideración del pleno, incluido el debate y las votaciones. Por lo general, se utiliza cuando no se puede obtener el consentimiento unánime para hacerlo. El 11/07/2024 se consideró en el Senado una moción para proceder a la medida.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / 16/07/24
Esto es lo que dice la plataforma actual del Partido Republicano:
Los republicanos protegerán y defenderán el voto del pueblo, dentro de los estados, sobre la cuestión de la vida
Defendemos con orgullo a las familias y la vida. Creemos que la 14.ª Enmienda de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos garantiza que a ninguna persona se le puede negar la vida o la libertad sin el debido proceso y que, por lo tanto, los estados son libres de aprobar leyes que protejan esos derechos. Después de 51 años, gracias a nosotros, ese poder se ha otorgado a los estados y al voto del pueblo. Nos opondremos al aborto tardío, al tiempo que apoyaremos a las madres y las políticas que promuevan la atención prenatal, el acceso a la anticoncepción y la FIV (tratamientos de fertilidad).
Esta es la primera vez en décadas que la plataforma republicana no condena el aborto como una violación de los principios fundadores de nuestra nación. No se menciona ningún apoyo a una enmienda de la Constitución federal en favor de la vida humana, ni se hace ningún llamamiento a adoptar medidas pro vida como la prohibición de la financiación federal de abortos electivos y abortos por selección de sexo, así como la protección de los niños nacidos vivos durante un aborto. No se dice nada sobre la cuestión crítica de la restricción de los fármacos abortivos químicos, que es el método preferido para matar a los fetos en las primeras fases del embarazo. Ni siquiera se hace un comentario sobre la conveniencia de prohibir o limitar los abortos en las primeras fases.
También es incoherente defender la garantía del debido proceso legal para la protección del derecho a la vida y, al mismo tiempo, decir simplemente que los estados “pueden” optar por hacer cumplir ese derecho, y mantenerse al margen mientras los estados optan por legalizar el aborto a demanda durante todo el embarazo. O se cree en el derecho inalienable a la vida, o se piensa que es negociable. No se puede tener las dos cosas a la vez.
Contrastemos esto con la condena moral inequívoca del aborto en la plataforma republicana de 2016:
La garantía de la Constitución de que nadie puede “ser privado de la vida, la libertad o la propiedad” hace eco deliberadamente de la proclamación de la Declaración de Independencia de que “todos” están “dotados por su Creador” con el derecho inalienable a la vida. En consecuencia, afirmamos la santidad de la vida humana y afirmamos que el niño no nacido tiene un derecho fundamental a la vida que no puede ser violado. Apoyamos una enmienda a la Constitución y una legislación que aclare que las protecciones de la Decimocuarta Enmienda se aplican a los niños antes del nacimiento.
La plataforma de 2016 luego presentó una extensa agenda pro vida que se perseguiría a nivel federal. Se incluyeron muchos detalles sobre los recortes de financiación, el nombramiento de jueces, la prohibición de la venta de tejido fetal, etc. Denunció enérgicamente el extremismo demócrata sobre el aborto.
Todos estos elementos fueron omitidos de la plataforma de 2024. De hecho, no hay nada en la plataforma de 2024 que comprometa al gobierno federal a hacer algo para restringir el aborto.
La nueva plataforma es creación del candidato presidencial, que ha insistido en la posición de “soberanía popular” de dejar que los estados decidan sobre el aborto. Su candidato a vicepresidente ha defendido anteriormente posiciones sólidas a favor de la vida. Pero parece haber ajustado sus velas para que coincida con la nueva posición a favor del aborto del partido, incluso hasta el punto de respaldar la disponibilidad de medicamentos abortivos.
Sin embargo, muchos pro-vida optarán por votar por esta candidatura, y por lo tanto por esta plataforma, para detener el extremismo pro-aborto de la administración actual. Muchos esperan que la elección de los republicanos resulte en que personas pro-vida ocupen puestos importantes de formulación de políticas y promulguen límites importantes al aborto. Esas son posiciones razonables.
Otros, como yo, creen que existen alternativas al modelo binario republicano/demócrata. El Partido de la Solidaridad Estadounidense, por ejemplo, cree firmemente en el derecho fundamental a la vida. Votar por principios es una forma legítima de intentar exigir responsabilidades a los principales partidos.
Sin duda, es importante ser prudente sobre lo que es factible en el clima político actual, pero no debería haber ninguna duda sobre lo que están haciendo la candidatura y la plataforma republicanas. No hay excusa para que abandonen los principios fundamentales del movimiento pro vida y los de su propio partido.
ACCIÓN EN VIVO / KIMBERLY BIRD / 17-7-2024
¿Aborto sin límites?
Un presupuesto propuesto por el presidente Biden a principios de este año respaldó la financiación del aborto con fondos de los contribuyentes durante los tres trimestres. Los legisladores demócratas a menudo se han mostrado reacios a dar una respuesta concreta sobre qué límites al aborto apoyan, si es que apoyan alguno. Sin embargo, los legisladores proabortistas se han apresurado a afirmar públicamente que 1) los abortos que se producen en las últimas etapas del embarazo son poco frecuentes y solo por las razones más graves, y 2) los abortos simplemente no se producen hasta el momento del nacimiento.
Mmm. Veamos lo que dijo el Instituto Guttmacher en enero de 2024 (énfasis añadido):
• Solo seis estados (Alaska, Colorado, Nueva Jersey, Nuevo México, Oregón y Vermont) y el Distrito de Columbia no prohíben el aborto en un momento específico del embarazo.
• Si bien los abortos después de las 20 semanas representan aproximadamente el 1 % de todos los abortos, es fundamental que las personas tengan acceso a ellos durante todo el embarazo para proteger la autonomía corporal y garantizar la equidad. Cualquier prohibición de la edad gestacional puede retrasar o negar el acceso a la atención del aborto.
Y KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) declaró en febrero de 2024 que siete estados más el Distrito de Columbia no tienen restricciones al aborto.
En otras palabras, mientras los medios de comunicación y los políticos pro-aborto están ocupados afirmando que los abortos no se producen hasta el nacimiento y que nadie los defiende, o desviando la atención de la gente con la pista falsa sobre la “rareza” de los abortos tardíos, 6-7 estados más el Distrito de Columbia permiten el aborto sin ninguna restricción si una mujer lo desea, y Guttmacher (antigua rama de investigación de Planned Parenthood y “afiliada especial”) parece desear que TODOS los estados hagan lo mismo.
CONFERENCIA ESTADOUNIDENSE DE OBISPOS CATÓLICOS / USCCB Pro-Life ProLife@usccb.org / 23-7-2024.
Las propuestas en el Congreso amenazan la vida humana, la familia y la libertad religiosa. La necesidad de acompañar y apoyar al creciente número de familias que luchan contra la infertilidad es real. Pero los miembros del Congreso –incluidos muchos que se consideran pro-vida– tienen prisa por promover el acceso a un nuevo “derecho” nacional a la fertilización in vitro (FIV) y otras tecnologías similares que destruyen vidas humanas antes de nacer y tratan a las personas como propiedad (como la gestación subrogada, la edición genética y la clonación). Algunas de las propuestas actuales también amenazarían a los hospitales católicos, las organizaciones benéficas, las escuelas y otras organizaciones y personas que no permitan o cubran estos procedimientos médicos. Incluso podrían permitir que los menores reciban los procedimientos a pesar de las objeciones de los padres. Por favor, dígale a sus miembros del Congreso que se opongan a los proyectos de ley que promueven los llamados “derechos” a la FIV y otras tecnologías de reproducción asistida (TRA) que causan la muerte de innumerables embriones humanos y violan la dignidad humana.
VARIA / ED MECHMANN / LIFE NEWS / 24-7-24
Ahora que el presidente Joe Biden se retira de la reelección a finales de este año y respalda a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris como candidata presidencial del Partido Demócrata, ¿es Kamala Harris realmente tan proabortista como la presentan muchos medios de comunicación?
Harris ha sido una defensora del aborto durante mucho tiempo y tiene antecedentes de usar su posición política e influencia para promoverlo. Si es elegida como candidata presidencial de los demócratas y gana las elecciones en noviembre, es probable que el desafío y la expansión del acceso al aborto estén entre sus prioridades.
¿Quién es Kamala Harris?
Kamala Harris es la vicepresidenta (VP) de los EE. UU. bajo el presidente Joe Biden, y es la primera mujer en ocupar ese cargo. Después de licenciarse en Derecho en la Facultad de Derecho Hastings de la Universidad de California en San Francisco en 1989, se desempeñó como fiscal adjunta del condado de Alameda de 1990 a 1998, fiscal del distrito de San Francisco de 2004 a 2011 y fiscal general de California de 2011 a 2017, tras lo cual asumió su papel de senadora en California entre 2017 y 2021. Desde 2021 se ha desempeñado como vicepresidenta y es una de las principales candidatas a la presidencia por los demócratas.
Kamala Harris como fiscal general y senadora
En 2015, el activista David Daleiden publicó una serie de videos que parecían mostrar a funcionarios del gigante estadounidense del aborto Planned Parenthood "discutiendo el reembolso por el manejo de tejido y órganos fetales, cuya venta con fines de lucro es ilegal". Al año siguiente, Harris, en su papel de fiscal general, inició una investigación intrusiva sobre Daleidan que incluyó un allanamiento a su casa y la confiscación de sus grabaciones encubiertas.
Durante el mismo año, mientras también se postulaba para el Senado, su sitio web de campaña contenía un llamado a sus seguidores para que firmaran una petición para defender a Planned Parenthood. En 2020, durante su campaña para convertirse en vicepresidenta, el mismo gigante del aborto produjo un video de campaña instando a los votantes a apoyar a Harris.
Apoyó la Ley FACT sobre Reproducción en California, promulgada en 2015. Esta ley requería que los centros de recursos para el embarazo pro-vida, que no brindan abortos, colocaran carteles que anunciaran la disponibilidad del aborto en el estado y proporcionaran un número de contacto para dichos carteles. Esta ley fue anulada por la Corte Suprema en 2018.
En 2019, como senadora, Harris copatrocinó la Ley de Protección de la Salud de la Mujer, una pieza legislativa radical que habría realizado cambios extremos en la provisión de aborto en todo Estados Unidos.
En su breve campaña a la presidencia en el mismo año, Harris hizo una serie de declaraciones públicas sobre su apoyo al aborto. Publicó en X: "Como presidenta, detendré las leyes estatales peligrosas que restringen los derechos reproductivos antes de que entren en vigencia".
También dijo: “Mi promesa a ustedes: como presidenta, haré que mi Departamento de Justicia bloquee las restricciones peligrosas al aborto antes de que entren en vigor en los estados que han impulsado una legislación inconstitucional contra el aborto, asegurando que los estados no puedan socavar los derechos de las mujeres”. Durante el anuncio de su gira “Fight For Reproductive Freedoms” en diciembre del año pasado, Harris acusó a quienes querían aumentar las protecciones para los bebés no nacidos a través de la ley de ser “extremistas” y agregó: “Continuaré luchando por nuestras libertades fundamentales mientras reúno a aquellos en todo Estados Unidos que están de acuerdo en que cada mujer debería tener el derecho a tomar decisiones sobre su propio cuerpo, no el gobierno”. La vicepresidenta dijo que desde que se anuló Roe v. Wade, “los extremistas han propuesto y aprobado leyes que han negado a las mujeres el acceso al [aborto]”.
En julio de este año, Mini Timmaraju, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de Reproductive Freedom for All, una organización proabortista, respaldó el historial de aborto de Harris diciendo: “No hay nadie que haya luchado tan duro por los derechos y el acceso al aborto, y estamos orgullosos de apoyarla en esta carrera”.
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