Obama Accomplishments as Right-To-Life

1. CHIPS (Child Health Care) – previously rejected by Republican administration
2.  Universal Health Care – Republicans leaders said important not to give Obama a victory, even though if they had supported Democrat Stupak's amendment, could have had codified no federal funding for abortions.  Rep. Leaders said Defeating Obama's effort most important, apparently more-so than preventing abortions and providing health care to 55 million uncovered citizens.  US Bishops supported health care for all, with guarantees that abortions weren't funded.*1    
3.  Obama banned federal funding for abortions, as he'd promised Bishops.*2
4. Obama Care or the Affordable Health Care Act  provides pre-natal and early childhood care, critical to survival (US 45th *in infant survival)and physical and mental development.  Republicans vow to repeal
5. Obama Care provides for mothers' pre-natal care (US 40th* in maternal mother survival), critical to family life.
6. Obama Care provides domestic violence screening, critical to child care and family life
      “       “          “         for women's health care issues,    “      “     “      “              “       “
7. Obama reinserted many anti-pollution regs, which the Rep. Adm. had relaxed.  Vatican has recommended anti-pollution efforts.*3
8. Obama pushed local and renewable energy.  Vatican stated that Global Warming does exist and we need to immediately reverse carbon energy dependence.*4
9.  Obama's National Institute of Health funding research on use of adult stem cells.
10. Obama's  administration provides 52% of Catholic Charity funding, that provides care to children, families, elderly and disabled.
11. Obama's Prosecutorial Discretion for immigrants with no crimes, educational, employment, military achievement, with spouses and/or children, for care-givers of elderly and/or ill. Conforms to US Bishops recommendations.*5
12. Obama's Prosecutorial Discretion for domestic violence victims and witnesses of crime – conforms by recommendations from US Chief's of Police*6
13. Obama's suspending proecution toward Dream Act eligibles – critics says Obama wants to allow criminals and slackers to stay in this country.  The exact opposite is true: must be crime-free, have educational, employment and/or military achievement.
14. “Living wage”-- Obama seeks good paying jobs for middle and low income workers.  See position of Catholic Church, Popes Leo XIII, Pius XI, Pius XII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.*7
15. Obama seeks more police and teachers, which have been reduced over the last several years. This particularly impacts on the safety of the most vulnerable: children, women and elderly. See Pius XI in particular.*8
www.USCCB.org
 Notes: 1. See www.USCCB.org
2. See   and Obama's executive order on use of federal funding for abortions
3. See Vatican website on green issues
4. See     “            “        “   global warming
5. See www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf
6. Same as 5
  7. Vatican Website, Encyclicals: Rerum Novarum, Quadragesimo Anno, Caritas et Veritate, etc.
8. Vatican Website, Encyclicals, Pius XI: QuadragesimoAnno

Bob Golden, worked  in Criminal Justice for 34 years.  16 years of Catholic Education, Eucharistic Minister, numerous Church activities, including being a member of the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission.  Was chair of one of President  Reagan's Advisory Committees. He has his Masters in Counseling

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