Catholics United executive director, Chris Korzen, issued the following statement in response to the Democratic Party’s proposed platform language on abortion.
“Catholics United welcomes the Democratic Party’s new platform language as the seed of a practical and effective plan to significantly reduce abortions in the United States. Although we understand that Catholic teaching does not support all the provisions contained in the party’s abortion platform, we believe faithful Catholics will appreciate this development as a positive step toward abortion policy Americans of diverse ideological and religious backgrounds can unite behind.”
“For far too long, extremists on both sides of the political spectrum have used the abortion issue to divide voters, often at the expense of other pressing concerns. By focusing on the root causes of abortion – economic inequality, lack of education and health care, and other threats to the integrity of the American family – the leaders of the Democratic Party are signaling a willingness to bring Americans together in support of common ground solutions. We hope and pray party leaders will pursue these abortion reduction policies vigor both in the run-up to and after the November elections. As Catholics, we will continue to stand up for the sanctity of human life and encourage elected officials from both parties to do all they can to end abortion, torture, poverty, war and other grave threats to the dignity of the human person.”
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