Catholic Nun Explains Pro-Life In A Way That Will Stun Many

In one simple quote, Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. sums up so much hypocrisy that we see so often in ‘pro-life’ discussions.

“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.”

The article goes on summarizing many other hypocrisies related to this discussion:

• Pro-life crusaders want to shut down women’s healthcare in general. Mothers in poor health are less able to provide adequate living conditions for their children.
• Pro-life crusaders want to repeal the Affordable Care Act which would destroy universal health reforms which protect the needs of millions of children.
• Pro-life crusaders cut government programs like school lunches for children and block government financial aid to families who are homeless and/or in need.
• Pro-life crusaders want children conceived under ALL circumstances to be born. They won’t come forward to adopt children from unplanned pregnancies. This frequently forces those children and their mothers into the lives of hardship that the mother was trying to avoid.
• Pro-life crusaders will not fund the extra care needed for children forced to be born into hardship.
• Pro-life crusaders are usually against funding sex education, which would prevent the need for many abortions.
• Pro-life crusaders continually want to cut access to birth control, which would prevent abortions.

When a pro-life view like this comes from a Benedictine nun, just like the pronouncements about climate change from Pope Francis, people should take notice. And note, Sister Joan Chittister is a lecturer and author of 50 books. She holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University, and is also a research associate at Cambridge University.

What the article makes clear is that there is a HIDDEN AGENDA in all of this. The pro-life CRUSADE is not about fetuses or children once born. It’s a crusade to control women’s bodies and women’s futures. It is the mindset of the neo-plantation owners — the modern political and industrial elites who believe they have been specially “chosen” to rule others — attempting to recapture the domination they feel has been wrongfully taken from them.

(The psychology behind the neo-plantation owner pro-life behavior is related to how the same people deny climate change. This is discussed at length in my article about the collapse of modern civilization Part 4.)

The photo of Sister Joan Chittister is from her new upcoming book: ‘Joan Chittister: Her Journey from Certainty to Faith

Special thanks to Facebook page Pro-Choice Liberals.

Originally published at www.dailykos.com on July 30, 2015.