Nancy Pelosi’s Abortion Defense Signals Alarming Trend by Katie Yoder for Town Hall
Politicians who support pro-abortion legislation are engaging in a new trend: publicly citing their faith while addressing abortion. This easily leads to confusion when a politician’s position on abortion disagrees with his or her religion. It’s a distinction that many in the media all too often miss.
Most recently, these comments tying abortion and faith together are from politicians who identify as Catholic, a religion that recognizes abortion as a grave evil. The latest example comes from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who openly cited her Catholic faith while defending taxpayer-funded abortion.
“As a devout Catholic and mother of five in six years, I feel that God blessed my husband and me with our beautiful family,” she said during a press briefing on July 22. “It’s not up to me to dictate that that’s what other people should do. And it’s an issue of fairness and justice for poor women in our country.”
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She’s not the only one. Earlier this month, Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut also pointed to her faith while supporting pro-abortion legislation. Rep. DeLauro spoke as the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, as it voted to advance a spending bill without the Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortion.
“I’m committed to making real basic principles that honestly are at the heart of my Catholic social teaching,” she began on July 15. “Helping the poor and disadvantaged, protecting the most vulnerable among us, and ensuring that Americans of every faith are given meaningful opportunities to share in the blessings of this great country.”
“The inability to pay for healthcare services, including abortion, is a matter of choice,” she added a few sentences later.
Back in February, before becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra added to this trend when he refused to name any abortion restrictions that he might support. Instead, he brought up his mother’s daily rosary.
“My mother has blessed me this morning as I got ready to come here, and last night I know when she prayed the rosary, as she does every day – every evening with my aunt – that she said a prayer and included me in that prayer,” he responded during a Senate confirmation hearing.
