|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Contact: Michele M. Taylor
Associate for Communications
(850) 205-6817
mtaylor@flacathconf.org
Florida Catholic Conference
Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Partial Birth Abortion
Tallahassee, FL -
After 34 years of waiting for a significant court victory to
turn the tide in the struggle against abortion, the United
States Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on partial birth
abortion in a 5-4 vote today. Justices Roberts, Alito, Kennedy,
Scalia and Thomas voted to uphold the ban on partial-birth
abortion. Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion and Justice
Ginsberg wrote the dissent, joined by Souter, Breyer and
Stevens.
“The court recognized the truth long proclaimed by both science
and the Church that the child in the womb is a living human
organism,” said Bishop Victor Galeone, moderator for the Respect
Life Committee of the Florida Catholic Conference. “At last, our
most vulnerable brothers and sisters will be protected from the
horrifying and unnecessary procedure known as partial birth
abortion. We will continue our struggle to protect babies in the
womb from the moment of conception, and we encourage Florida
lawmakers who previously have passed legislation to ban this
procedure in law to consider doing so once again,” said Bishop
Galeone.
# #
# |
