Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a roundtable Monday with faith leaders on the state of reproductive health care in the United States.
“The faith leaders that are gathered here today are representative of many different faiths, many different communities, but share a common purpose which is to bring healing and hope and sense of community to all people,” Harris said.
The event, held at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor headquarters, comes as a leaked draft opinion suggests that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which will likely cause abortion to banned or greatly restricted in about half the U.S. states.
Experts and advocates also fear repercussions could reach even further, affecting care for women who miscarry, couples seeking fertility treatments and access to some forms of contraception.
[Quoting from the attached video:]
“People should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. And should have unfettered access to reproductive health care. That conversation in my mind involves whether we value the concept of self-determination, the ability of the individual to make decisions about their own life, the future of their life, the choices that will directly impact so many other choices.
“I do believe that when we look at the challenge that we will face when that decision will come down, a part of it will impact directly of indirectly other privacy rights including the right to have access to contraception. And the right to marry the person you like. And how will we then, as those who are guided by our faith, who believe in the best of who we are , how will we speak with and talk about the people who will be directly impacted by that decision?”
According to NY1.com, the following joined Harris:
Rev. Edgar Boyd, pastor of First AME Church in Los Angeles; Rabbi Dara Frimmer of Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles; Sikh civil rights advocate and attorney Nitasha Kaur Sawhney; the Rev. Amos Brown, pastor of Third Baptist Church in San Francisco; and Pastor Demetries Edwards of the 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland.
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, and Mayor Eric Garcetti were also among those present.
The above comes from a June 6 segment on PBS.org. Quoted passage at end transcribed from video.
California has now and will have the most aggressive pro abortion laws in the Union. Who is she trying to convince?
This is evil! Totally unChristian, totally against Biblical teachings! These church pastors are not “faith leaders”– they are frauds!
They are controlled by satan
‘Faith leaders’? Faith in what? Leaders of what?
Faith in the Baphomet or in Satan? It is a false appeal to their “authority” as clergy for them to promote what God has prohibited, especially those who identify as Jews or Christians. I do not know the scriptures of other religions yet Vatican II echoes in the Catholic Catechism teaching for all human beings #1776 “Deep within his conscience man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. Its voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right moment…. For man has in his heart a law inscribed by God…. His conscience is man’s most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depths.” 1777 Moral conscience, present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid evil. It also judges particular choices, approving those that are good and denouncing those that are evil. It bears witness to the authority of truth in reference to the supreme Good to which the human person is drawn, and it welcomes the commandments. When he listens to his conscience, the prudent man can hear God speaking”. God is the authority of truth and is the Supreme Good.
These “faith leaders” have sold their souls to he devil, the father of lies. There can be no other explanation for this outrage.
They can’t bring themselves to say the “a” word. That would be too honest. Scratch that, simply honest.
We don’t talk about abortion, no, no, no! We don’t talk about abortion.
I didn’t see any Catholic representatives on the list. Where are we? When are we standing up for Jesus Christ? Where is Jose Gomez our Archbishop?
“Faith leaders” who endorse abortion show that their “faith” is actually rooted in evil. The ripping apart of innocent, unborn life can not be condoned. Shame on these blind guides.
This the time of the fight between Good and Evil! God help us all. Lord have Mercy on Us.