The following comes from an Apr. 16 story on Catholic News Agency’s website.
Amid growing protests led in large part by the Catholic Church, the Colorado Senate on April 16 killed a controversial bill that could have banned all pro-life laws in the state.
“Lift up your hearts in gratitude to God,” said Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila in a post on Twitter. “Blessings on everyone who prayed and contacted legislators! Stay involved!”
The legislation had passed committee on a party line vote. While the floor debate and vote were initially scheduled for April 15, they were delayed until the following day after Democratic State Sen. John Kefalas of Fort Collins went home sick. The Democrats control the Senate in the state by a single vote.
On April 16, however, Denver NBC affiliate 9 News reported that Kefalas – after voting in favor of the bill in committee – was saying that he was undecided about whether he would vote for it in the full Senate vote.
The leadership of the Colorado Senate subsequently spiked the legislation – setting it aside until May 8, while the legislative session ends May 7, so that the bill is effectively dead.
Originally introduced March 31, the controversial bill – S.B. 175 – only gained wide publicity last week. It sought to ban all new pro-life laws and regulations, including requirements for pre-abortion ultrasounds and restrictions on the RU-486 abortion drug.
The legislation would have created a “fundamental right” to anything defined as “reproductive health care.” It would have barred state agencies and local government from having any policy that “denies or interferes with an individual’s reproductive health care decisions.”
….Archbishop Aquila helped lead opposition to the bill, calling together hundreds of people at a prayer vigil and assembly outside the state capitol on the afternoon of April 15, when the measure was originally scheduled to be debated.
The archbishop defended the need to restrict abortion, calling the bill “extreme and dangerously ambiguous.”
….Opposition to the bill grew quickly and prompted many Coloradans to call their legislators.
Archbishop Aquila stressed the need for further action, noting the importance of voting and lay involvement in the political process….
The Colorado Catholic Conference released a statement on the evening of April 16 thanking everyone who prayed and spoke up about the legislation….
The conference cited the words of Pope Francis, who said last September: “A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern.”
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Mark my word, this is only the beginning of government cracking down on pro-life activities. Things WILL get worse, before they get better. The main stream media is almost totally pro death. A new film is being released about a ‘physician’ who was a modern day King Herod. Hardly any notice was made concerning this film, while most of the news centered about the Boston Marathon, the ferry sinking in Asia, as well as the missing jetliner. The media also never says, “pro life”, they say, “anti abortion”. 1984 is upon us (we reached that year thirty years ago), and most of what George Orwell wrote about has become fact. By electing an Illinois congressman who was and is for infanticide (killing a aborted baby who happened to be born despite the horrible and brutal abortion) we have become a very sick nation, which will suffer a great deal because we no longer value innocent human life.
Thx b 2 GOD!!!
Numerous Leftists organizations, including SEIU, George Soros’s Open Society Institute, ACORN, as well as numerous others have been pouring money into Colorado in attempts to undermine the conservative position in that State. The folks in that State are under attack from these Godless organizations. We all need to pray and sacrifice for them.
I agree Tracy. Lets continue to pray. Is this the state that allowed smoking pot legally? Just wondering
Well anyhoo God bless Archbishop Aquila! Now its refreshing to read that this archbishop is getting involved and leading the flock with backbone!
Abeca, yes Colorado just legalized marijuana. Major funding for TV adds promoting legalized marijuana came from billionair and atheist George Soros.
We can typically never outspend evil, but we can ALWAYS out-pray it!
Shouldn’t the men who procreated these unborn children, be made responsible ?
Usually, men place their seed of life into a uterus, and then expect women to carry the children in their womb and rise the children with no father around.
Archbishop Aquila—–you are desperately needed in California.
Bishop led involvement works! Pray God that we see more of it. It may even convert some (c)atholics. Note well: it is the Democrats who worship at the table of abortion and 54% of (c)atholics put them in office.
God bless and keep Archbishop Aquila, and may God give us more like him.
Nice effort that failed by the proverbial “one vote”. The abortionists will be back next session to pick up that extra vote to get this disastrous policy approved and sent to the Governor’s desk. So stay tuned and keep praying….