{"id":126136,"date":"2016-09-16T13:43:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=126136"},"modified":"2016-09-16T13:43:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:43:53","slug":"san-antonio-archdiocese-blasts-new-catholics-for-choice-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/san-antonio-archdiocese-blasts-new-catholics-for-choice-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Archdiocese blasts new &#8220;Catholics for Choice&#8221; ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/texas-bishops-respond-to-catholics-for-choice-ad-fraudulent-deceitful\">condemning<\/a> a recent ad by Catholics for Choice declaring that \u201cpublic funding for abortion is a Catholic social justice value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full-page ad, published in the San Antonio Express-News, is part of a broader ad campaign attempting to paint abortion support as not only compatible with Catholicism, but inspired and necessitated by it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing could be further from the truth,&#8221; the Archdiocese declares in its response. &#8220;For more than 2,000 years, the Church has steadfastly proclaimed that respect for all human life at every stage is foundational to the Catholic faith. Abortion from the earliest tradition of the Church has been considered immoral.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleAd1\"><!-- \/1011927\/LAN_300_by_250_top_article --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1473179053567-0\" class=\"ArticleAd1a\"><script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1473179053567-0'); });\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The response goes on to quote the magisterial document Donum Vitae (The Gift of Life), in which the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declares: \u201cThe human being is to be respected and treated as a person from the moment of conception; and therefore from that same moment his rights as a person must be recognized, among which in the first place is the inviolable right of every innocent human being to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is our hope,&#8221; the Archdiocese concludes, &#8220;that one day Catholics for Choice will take the time to acquaint themselves with basic Catholic teachings, and acknowledge the truth of the Catholic faith, and not choose to misrepresent her teachings with false and inaccurate information and ads that only work to confuse and mislead the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Numerous Bible passages unambiguously condemn the taking of innocent human life, which includes abortion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=genesis+9%3A6&amp;version=NIV\">Genesis 9:6<\/a> declares, \u201cWhoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; 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