US Bishop calls for
prioritizing women’s health following Supreme Court ruling
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| U.S.Supreme Court building in Washington |
U.S. Bishop’s Conference’s Committee Chairman for Pro-Life
Activities, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, calls for prioritizing women’s health
in the wake of a recent abortion ruling by the U.S. Supreme court.
By Vatican News
The Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life
Activities, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, has voiced his concern
over a “cruel precedent” of prioritizing “abortion business interests” over
women’s health and safety.
The US Supreme court on Monday ruled 5 to 4 to strike down a
Louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have hospital admitting
privileges. The ruling came in the case of “June Medical Services v. Russo”, an
abortion case out of Louisiana.
“Abortion becomes even more destructive when basic health
and safety standards are ignored, and profit margins are prioritized over
women’s lives,” Archbishop Naumann said in a statement
published on Monday on the website of the U.S. Bishops’
Conference.
“Abortion violently ends the life of a child, and often
severely harms women," he said.
“As Catholics, we condemn abortion as a grave injustice that
denies the fundamental human right to life," he continued. "Yet even
as we seek to end the brutality of legalized abortion, we still believe that
the women who seek it should not be further harmed and abused by a callous,
profit-driven industry."
“Cruel precedent”
Archbishop Naumann lamented “the court’s failure to
recognize the legitimacy of laws prioritizing women’s health and safety over
abortion business interests” describing it as a “cruel precedent.”
He added that “as we grieve this decision and the pregnant
women who will be harmed by it, we continue to pray and fight for justice for
mothers and children.”
“We will not rest until the day when the Supreme Court
corrects the grave injustice of Roe and Casey and
recognizes the Constitutional right to life for unborn human beings,”
Archbishop Naumann said.
Concluding his statement, Archbishop Naumann called on all
people of faith to “pray for women seeking abortion, often under enormous
pressure, that they will find alternatives that truly value them and the lives
of their children.”
