Can the Church in Rome conquer?
Japan Today reports today:
Italians will be asked to vote on Sunday on whether to jettison articles of a law which give embryos the same rights as born children, limit access to fertility treatment to “stable heterosexual couples,” restrict to three the number of eggs that can be harvested and fertilized at any one time, and end the ban on embryo research.
The law, passed just a year ago, is being fought by women’s rights groups through a referendum. The article concludes:
Italian bishops have called on Catholics to boycott the vote as turnout must exceed 50% in order for the referendum to succeed.
Last month [Pope] Benedict praised the commitment of Italian bishops in their opposition to the relaxation of the law.
If Italian Catholics can’t stop something like this, then Rome has become the shoemaker’s wife.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
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