{"id":252718,"date":"2021-09-07T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252718"},"modified":"2021-09-08T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T22:03:27","slug":"biden-flip-flops-texas-life-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biden-flip-flops-texas-life-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden flip-flops over Texas law, says he no longer believes life begins at conception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>President Joe Biden raised eyebrows last week after stating that he does not believe that life begins at conception. A Catholic, Biden&#8217;s remarks fly in the face of Church teaching and they also appear to contradict past statements of his own. The President made the remarks after being asked by a reporter how he was going to respond to the Texas Heartbeat Act, which prohibits abortions once a preborn child&#8217;s heartbeat is detected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect people who don\u2019t support\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, I respect their views,\u201d the president said. \u201cI respect those who believe life begins at the moment of conception and all \u2014 I respect that, don\u2019t agree, but I respect that. I\u2019m not gonna impose that on people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the science of human development is clear: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/40-quotes-from-medical-experts-that-prove-human-life-begins-at-conception\/\">life does begin at the moment of fertilization<\/a> (often referred to as conception), when sperm meets egg and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/science-confirms-that-human-life-begins-at-fertilization\/\">a new human organism is created<\/a> with his or her own DNA, distinct from that of the child&#8217;s parents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/stunning-images-inside-womb-show-human-life-begins-fertilization\/\">Stunning images of preborn children show that human life begins at fertilization<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aWfC7Be7LKM\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the White House has frequently referred to Biden as a &#8220;devout Catholic,&#8221; his comments counteract Church teaching.<\/p>\n<p>The Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 2270 says, \u201cHuman life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.\u201d Just recently, Pope Francis affirmed this teaching, saying that abortion and euthanasia are a result of a &#8220;throwaway culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any embryology manual given to a student in medical school says that by the third week of conception, sometimes before the mother realizes (that she is pregnant), all the organs in the embryo are already outlined, even the DNA,&#8221; the Pope said in his interview. &#8220;It is a life, a human life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Biden&#8217;s statements contradict the Catholic Church, they also appear to contradict his previous belief about when life begins. The National Catholic Register reports that in a 2012 vice presidential debate against Rep. Paul Ryan, Biden appeared to take a different view.\u00a0\u201cLife begins at conception, that\u2018s the Church\u2019s judgment. I accept it in my personal life,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/cna\/contradicting-past-statements-biden-says-he-doesn-t-believe-life-begins-at-conception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said at the time<\/a>. &#8220;But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews, and I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here, the congressman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t the only instance in which Biden affirmed that life begins at conception. The Register also reports that in a 2008 interview he said he was \u201cprepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception.\u201d In a 2015 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2015\/09\/29\/everyones-entitled-dignity-conversation-joseph-r-biden-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America Magazine<\/a>, he said,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m prepared to accept that at the moment of conception there\u2019s human life and being, but I\u2019m not prepared to say that to other God-fearing, non-God-fearing people that have a different view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden-Harris administration has done much to remove as many pro-life policies as it can, making it the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biden-harris-administration-impacted-pro-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most pro-abortion<\/a>\u00a0administration in United States history. Biden has said that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biden-slams-texas-deeply-committed-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his administration<\/a> \u201cis deeply committed to the constitutional right established in\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0nearly five decades ago and will protect and defend that right.\u201d He also told reporters he was looking at ways to thwart the Texas law, instructing the Department of Justice\u00a0\u201cto look and see whether there are things that can be done that can limit the independent action of individuals in enforcing a state law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden raised eyebrows last week after stating that he does not believe that life begins at conception. A Catholic, Biden&#8217;s remarks fly in the face of Church teaching and they also appear to contradict past statements of his own. 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