Opinion: Mount St. Joseph gave credibility to Biden's abortion view
On behalf of the 4,000 unborn American children whose lives are intentionally destroyed each day by legalized abortion, one must ask Mount St. Joseph University, "Did sponsoring President Biden's town hall further his efforts in support of abortion on demand?"
President Biden knows well that for him to have a town hall meeting at a Catholic institution gives him acceptability and credibility in regards to his continual support for and funding of abortion on demand.
President Biden is the most pro-abortion U.S. president, who has promised, "If they rule it (Roe v. Wade) to be unconstitutional, I will send it to the United States Congress, and it will pass, I believe, a bill that legislates Roe v. Wade." He has forced U.S. taxpayers to fund Planned Parenthood and proposes to force medical providers, against their conscience, to perform or cooperate in the abortion of an unborn child.
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"It is scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception, when the egg and sperm join to form the zygote, and that this developing human always is a member of our species in all stages of its life. There is not one medical text in use in one medical school in this country that teaches to the contrary," said Micheline Matthews-Roth, M.D., principal research associate of Harvard University Medical School.
If a public official were in favor of human trafficking, would not he or she be prohibited from speaking at the university, regardless of the reason for the invitation? If a Catholic community or institution would invite him or her to speak, wouldn't the outcry be overwhelming?
Supporting legalized abortion disqualifies anyone, regardless of what public office they may hold, and regardless of what positions they may have on other important issues. To honor them with an award or with a platform, gives acceptability and credibility to their stated support for the killing of unborn children. By this decision of this university, many of its students will be deceived that abortion is not the killing of an unborn child, or that abortion is really not an intrinsically evil act, or is a matter about which we should be of little concern, which may lead some of them to have or to cooperate in an abortion.
In June 2004, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops published the governing principle: "The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors, or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."
Archbishop John Myers, while serving the Diocese of Newark, stated: "When we extend honors to people who do not share our respect and reverence for life in all stages, and give them a prominent stage in our parishes, schools, and other institutions, we unfortunately create the perception that we endorse their public positions on these issues."
To justify their decision to host President Biden, Mount St. Joseph University claimed it is a place for dialogue and exchange of ideas. No amount of discussion or agreements can ever justify the intentional killing of an unborn child, but simply deceives those who wish to be deceived.
We pray that someday Mount St. Joseph University will again be an honor to the great saint for whom it has been named. We pray also for those women deceived into having an abortion, that they might find healing with God, Who loves them.
Fred H. Summe is an attorney and president of Northern Kentucky Right to Life.
