{"id":768,"date":"2002-08-03T12:50:56","date_gmt":"2002-08-03T19:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=768"},"modified":"2002-08-03T12:50:56","modified_gmt":"2002-08-03T19:50:56","slug":"no-hospitality-the-unborn-and-the-aclu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"No Hospitality: The Unborn and the ACLU"},"content":{"rendered":"

BreakPoint<\/strong><\/em>
\nCommentary #020308 – 03\/08\/2002
\nReproduced with permission<\/em><\/p>\n

Charles Colson<\/p>\n

Few, if any, organizations in the world promote abortion as zealously as the American Civil Liberties Union. Now it’s training its guns on hospitals.<\/p>\n

A new ACLU report recently released complains that access to abortions is “increasingly jeopardized by the imposition of religious beliefs in the health care context.”<\/p>\n

This deceptive language suggests that a Catholic or Baptist or Presbyterian hospital is “imposing” its beliefs on a woman\u00a0by refusing to kill her unborn child. “No,” is equated with “imposing.” Well, the fact is that it’s the ACLU that would impose its zeal for killing the unborn on those who disagree.<\/p>\n

Naturally the report doesn’t quite say it that way. The ACLU website\u00a0 says, “It is often . . . appropriate to accommodate an individual health professional’s refusal to provide a service . . . ”<\/p>\n

That sounds good, but read the fine print. It goes on to say “but\u00a0only if the patient is ensured safe, timely, and feasible alternative access to treatment” — which means that if the woman can’t get an abortion nearby, medical personnel at a religious hospital have to perform it even though it is against their deepest convictions.<\/p>\n

While the report concedes that an individual might be excused, it concedes nothing to the institution. The report states that hospitals\u00a0 “operating in the public world and serving and employing a\u00a0religiously diverse population . . . ought to play by public rules.” To do otherwise is viewed as a violation of\u00a0 “reproductive rights” and a failure “to provide basic health care.”<\/p>\n

But wait a minute — Public Rule number 1 is the First Amendment,\u00a0guaranteeing the free exercise of religion. Clearly the ACLU and theabortion industry want to eviscerate the exercise of religious\u00a0conviction in faith-based medical centers.<\/p>\n

Christians and other people of compassion have established hospitals\u00a0to heal the sick and care for the dying. They’re motivated by a concern for the ill — and also by the desire to obey God. The\u00a0Scriptures command, “Practice hospitality” (Romans 12:13).\u00a0 The ministry of “hospitality” means gracious, tender care\u00a0for friend and stranger alike.<\/p>\n

Hospitality does not mean doing anything and everything to please a\u00a0guest. If a friend comes over asking for a gun to kill himself, we\u00a0invite him in, comfort him, and encourage him to choose life. We don’t give him what he wants; rather we give him what he needs. In the same way, we don’t kill an unborn child because the child’s mother says he\u00a0or she is unwanted.<\/p>\n

I am thrilled that President Bush has reiterated his commitment to\u00a0faith-based institutions, both in his State of the Union address and\u00a0\u00a0in his recent message to Congress with a new faith-based bill.\u00a0 Religious hospitals are one more good example of faith-based solutions that get the job done. And these hospitals need to be protected by\u00a0law.<\/p>\n

A pregnant woman and her child deserve real hospitality that affirms\u00a0life and gives them wise counsel. And hospitals must remain free to minister in the name of\u00a0Christ. It’s a shame the ACLU can’t practice a little hospitality\u00a0toward these ministries of compassion.<\/p>\n

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Copyright (c)\u00a0 2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prison Fellowship Ministries. Reprinted with permission. “BreakPoint with Chuck Colson” is a radio ministry of Prison Fellowship\u00a0Ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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