CARDINALS SLAM CLINTON'S VETO OF ABORTION BILL.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times In an unusual joint statement that carried a scarcely veiled political threat, the nation's Roman Catholic cardinals Tuesday condemned President Clinton's veto last week of a bill that would have barred a certain late-term abortion late-term abortion Post-viability abortion Medical ethics Any abortion performed after the fetus would be viable if delivered to a nonspecialized health center. See Partial birth abortion. procedure. Declaring their anger in a three-page letter to the president, the eight American cardinals, along with Bishop Anthony Pilla Anthony Michael Pilla (born November 12, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio) was bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1959 and elevated to bishop on January 6, 1981. He was elected president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in November, 1995. of Cleveland, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, accused Clinton of deciding to permit a procedure ``more akin to infanticide infanticide (ĭnfăn`təsīd) [Lat.,=child murder], the putting to death of the newborn with the consent of the parent, family, or community. Infanticide often occurs among peoples whose food supply is insecure (e.g. than abortion to continue.'' The letter, in which the cardinals promised to make their outrage a public issue among American Catholics, points to an election-year chasm between the president and leaders of the nation's bishops. In recent months, the bishops had voiced concerns on immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and welfare that showed them to be closer on those issues to the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law than to the Republican majorities in Congress. But the letter Tuesday served as a clear reminder that among the Catholic hierarchy, abortion remains the dominant issue. ``In the coming weeks and months, each of us, as well as our bishops' conference, will do all we can to educate people about partial-birth abortions,'' the cardinals wrote. ``We will inform them that partial-birth abortions will continue because you chose to veto HR 1833.'' The cardinals also said they would ``urge Catholics and other people of goodwill'' to petition Congress to try to override the veto. |
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