On Holy Thursday, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, claiming the legislation is needless because the problem of infanticide “simply does not exist.”
Cooper is ignoring the evidence pouring in from across the country of babies born alive after surviving abortion; perhaps he wishes to avoid the backlash that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam received after coldly answering that mother and doctor would “have a conversation” about whether or not to provide care for a baby who survives abortion in Virginia.
And considering that North Carolina’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks has been struck down and that the state may have to allow abortion until the moment of birth, this is a question of ethics and justice that a statesman – and citizens – cannot ignore.
Abortion is the end result of the idea that the creation of new life may be prevented and removed from sex. To oppose abortion also involves defending sex as sacred to marriage and accepting that the act is unitive and procreative by God’s design. He reveals this in Scripture, Tradition, the teaching of His Church, and the natural law.
The acceptance of birth control and contraception leads, by the same rationale, to accepting abortion. Catholics must understand that the situation we are in now is a result of liberalized view to marriage and sex. Sts. Paul VI and Maximillian Kolbe, pray for us.
Matthew Bosnick is a member of St. Luke Parish in Mint Hill.