Bush: Results
for Catholics
- Building a Culture
of Life: President Bush is the most pro-life
president in history. On his first day in office President
Bush Reactivated Ronald Reagan’s Mexico City Policy which
prevents international organizations from receiving federal
funds for performing or actively promoting abortion. He has
signed into law the Born Alive Infants Act, the Partial
Birth Abortion Ban, and Laci & Connor Peterson’s Law.
- Defending Traditional Marriage: President Bush
believes in the sanctity of marriage between one man and
one woman, and has endorsed the Federal Marriage
Amendment. To prevent activist judges from
unilaterally legislating the definition of our most
fundamental social institution, the President has called
on Congress to pass an amendment to our Constitution
defining and protecting marriage as the union of one man
and one woman as husband and wife.
- Appointing and Nominating Judges who will
preserve Traditional Values: President Bush is
opposed to appointing liberal judges who want to impose
their own personal opinions in striking down our laws that
preserve traditional values. He has made recess
appointments to those qualified conservative judges the
Senate refuses to give a fair vote.
- Funding Stem Cell Research: The
President developed a policy that will allow us to explore
the promise of stem-cell research without undermining the
ethical principles that have guided medical research in
this country for decades. In FY03 the Administration
provided $190.7 million for human non-embryonic stem cells
(adult stem cells, including those from cord blood,
placenta, and bone marrow).
- Opposed to Human Cloning: The Bush Administration
unequivocally is opposed to the cloning of human beings
either for reproduction or research.
- Promoting Human Rights: President Bush
has made it a top priority of his administration to combat
the scourge of trafficking in persons, especially women
and children. Since 2001, Human Trafficking Prosecutions
have tripled. The President has proposed over $150 million
over two years to combat worldwide trafficking in persons,
predominantly women and children forced into sexual
slavery.
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Kerry: Wrong for Catholics
- John Kerry is the First Presidential Candidate to
be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund. In
1984, Kerry said he would vote against “Any restrictions
on age, consent, funding restrictions, or any law to limit
access to abortion.” John Kerry voted at least six times
against banning partial birth abortion, and he voted at
least 25 times in favor of using taxpayer dollars to pay for
abortions in the United States. Senator Kerry opposes
requiring parental consent or notification for a minor
daughter’s abortion.
- In 1996, Kerry was one of just 14 Senators to vote
against the Defense of Marriage Act which banned Federal
recognition of Gay Marriage and Same-Sex Partner Benefits. 85
Senators voted in favor of the Act and it was signed into
law by President Bill Clinton.
- John Kerry has been an obstruction in the Senate
blocking these qualified judges. Senator Kerry said
he would filibuster any pro-life Supreme Court Nominee.
- Kerry says he would allow unrestricted embryonic
stem cell research. Kerry was one of several
Senators to sign letter to President Bush, urging allowance
of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. He
voted against the ban on fetal tissue research on cells from
aborted fetuses and voted against disclosure of fetal tissue
from abortions.
- Human Cloning – In 1998, Senator Kerry
voted against invoking cloture to Human Cloning Prohibition
Act.
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More
reasons why Kerry is wrong for Catholics.
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