New York 'celebrates' legalizing abortion until birth as Catholic bishops question Cuomo's faith

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under fire from faith leaders after he signed a bill into law that legalizes abortion up until birth in many cases. The Democratic governor directed the One World Trade Center and other landmarks to be lit in pink Tuesday to celebrate the passage of "Reproductive Health Act."

Cuomo called it "a historic victory for New Yorkers and for our progressive values" on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. But New York Catholic bishops slammed him for the move just days after he touted his Catholic faith during the State of the State address.

"Your advocacy of extreme abortion legislation is completely contrary to the teachings of our pope and our Church," Albany Bishop Rev. Edward B. Scharfenberger wrote in an open letter in the Evangelist on Saturday. "I shudder to think of the consequences this law will wreak. You have already uttered harsh threats about the welcome you think pro-lifers are not entitled to in our state. Now you are demonstrating that you mean to write your warning into law. Will being pro-life one day be a hate crime in the State of New York?"

New York was the first state to legalize abortion in 1970. Cuomo directed the 408-foot spire on the One World Trade Center, the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, the Kosciuszko Bridge, and the Alfred E. Smith Building in Albany to be lit pink to “celebrate this achievement and shine a bright light forward for the rest of the nation to follow.”

Under the Reproductive Health Act, non-doctors are now allowed to conduct abortions and the procedure could be done until the mother's due date if the woman's health is endangered or if the fetus is not viable. The previous law only allowed abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy if a woman's life was at risk.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, along with the Catholic Bishops in the state signed a letter condemning the bill, saying "our beloved state has become a more dangerous one for women and their unborn babies."

"Our governor and legislative leaders hail this new abortion law as progress. This is not progress," the bishops wrote. "Progress will be achieved when our laws and our culture once again value and respect each unrepeatable gift of human life, from the first moment of creation to natural death."

Thomas Peters, the @AmericanPapist on Twitter, condemned Cuomo, saying he should be excommunicated for his pro-abortion actions, pointing to the One World Trade Center's pink spire.

"Now it looks just like the needle that is used to supply the lethal injection to the living unborn child," Peters wrote.




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NY is run by the most screwed up people.....

Liberals LOVE killing babies,100% true

So any Dr can be persuaded into signing off on the woman being at risk even if the baby is in it's 9th month.

Hache Man said:

So any Dr can be persuaded into signing off on the woman being at risk even if the baby is in it's 9th month.

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I thought it was only if the woman’s life was in danger or the baby couldn’t live outside the womb outside of 24 weeks, but I could be wrong.

ERockMoney said:

I thought it was only if the woman’s life was in danger or the baby couldn’t live outside the womb outside of 24 weeks, but I could be wrong.

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Yes it is you're right but arent a lot of doctors easily persuaded?

Kinda like in trial cases the prosecutor has his dr's opinion while the defense's Dr has the opposite.

Liberals - OK to kill babies but think killing folks on death row is wrong. Wow.

And they call themselves Progressives. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pathetic lot of human beings.

hno: No words fit to describe these people

Obama argued on the IL Senate floor that a baby who survived a botched abortion and is lying on his back crying should not be given medical attention. He actually condones infanticide, he said giving that baby medical attention would defeat the intent of the mother and the abortionist.

Once a baby can survive outside the womb it can't be denied that baby is a person, and the baby should be protected by constitutional rights. I believe late term abortions should be banned for that very reason, and I find it appalling that some people celebrate the right to kill a baby with a late term abortion

ERockMoney said:

I thought it was only if the woman’s life was in danger or the baby couldn’t live outside the womb outside of 24 weeks, but I could be wrong.

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that's part of the new "health" clause that is being, ahemm, celebrated. "health" is no longer just physical, measurable danger but will now includes the incredibly vague "mental health concerns" of the woman. Any "health concern" is now an acceptable reason to abort

This bill allows abortion to be performed by someone who is not a doctor. That is the only way you could find someone to perform a late term infanticide. So much for the safety and health of the woman. The Democratic party is the party is the party of murder and death. The New York Assembly actually cheered the passage of this bill on the chamber floor.

Willie99 said:

Obama argued on the IL Senate floor that a baby who survived a botched abortion and is lying on his back crying should not be given medical attention. He actually condones infanticide, he said giving that baby medical attention would defeat the intent of the mother and the abortionist.

Once a baby can survive outside the womb it can't be denied that baby is a person, and the baby should be protected by constitutional rights. I believe late term abortions should be banned for that very reason, and I find it appalling that some people celebrate the right to kill a baby with a late term abortion

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God have mercy on their souls.

always wondered why Libs don't consider abortion racist ... 63% of abortions are non-white including nearly 40% aborting black babies which is 3x more than the population they represent in America.

Of all the things in this nation, like eating McDonalds, that radical leftists claim are racist practices how is aborting black babies at a rate 3x their population density not one of them?

This billboard was in NYC until it was forced to be removed.

rolltide said:

that's part of the new "health" clause that is being, ahemm, celebrated. "health" is no longer just physical, measurable danger but will now includes the incredibly vague "mental health concerns" of the woman. Any "health concern" is now an acceptable reason to abort

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Thank you for the clarification, I didn’t realize it was that drastic/vague.

wow sick stuff

Cesspool of the Earth

recently had a son who is just over a month old now. when we went to the 12 week appointment they did a test for down syndrome and other health concerns. the dr said if the baby had down syndrome we could abort up to 20 weeks. couldnt believe it. you could abort simply because of down syndrome. we explained that wouldnt be an issue and were keeping the baby regardless but i asked if that was a popular reason to abort and the dr indicated it sways the vote for many people.

Need abortion in blue states and no abortion in red states. Have to catch up in population which is tough given the reproductive prowess of the illegal voters.