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No fall in abortion
LONDON (NC). — "Increased availablity of contraceptives and of advice of contraception has not been matched by a comparable decrease In abortions," said a committee of Catholic bishops in a memorandum submitted to the House of Commons Select Committee on Abortion.
The bishops' committee, But, the bishops commitrepresenting the Catholic tee said, "rightly motivated hierarchy of England and birth control" expresses a Wales, had earlier met the positive mentality of "reparliamentary committee sponsible parenthood" that which is revising England's springs from an attitude of abortion law, to state the positive concern for persons. Church's opposition to legalised abortion.
ONLY GOD
During the earlier meetSpeaking of the contraing in March the bishops • This week Archbishop GOODY (seated at table) received a visit from Aborigines and Church helpers in were asked to submit a fur- ceptive mentality, the different fields including Father B. HICKEY, Sisters PATRICIA and BERNARDINE and members of the Aboriginal ther memorandum respond- bishops' memorandum said: Kadee Club. "There is a connection being to the argument that the Church's stand on contra- tween claiming an absolute ception and abortion are right to prevent further contradictory. children (contraception) and killing the fetus when conIf the Church encouraged traception fails (abortion). birth control, it was sug"The Catholic position gested, there would be less maintains that only God has need for abortion. an absolute dominion over life," the bishops said. There, have been mixed "The consistency in the results. Mistakes in policy DISTINCTION Catholic position on aborand in its implementation tion and birth control lies in have been made. The memorandum dis- its affirmation concerning tinguished between contra- life, love and And—the hurt of several society," said • eeption, the. prevention of centuries is not easily healed. the memorandum. human life,, and abortion, Today is Aboriginal ith feelings, desires and We the Catholic Bishops the, killing of human life. Sunday and the Aust- capabilities. similar to our of Australia place before "Abortion is unaccept- BASIS OF REJECTION you the following consideraralian Bishops Com- own. able' precisely because it is tions: years, hundred mittee two Responsible For for Aborigines parenthood fife-destroying," it said. can be seen as a positive has issued a compre- t hey have stood on the edge 1. The - Aboriginal people have a basic right to their The memorandum fur- attitude to life springing hensive statement on of the white society, giving own 'culture, as does any ther distinguished between from a genuine concern for current problems in mute witness to what has minority group. what it called the "contra- persons. this field, excerpts been done . to them. This same concern for - eentive During the past two cenMentality" We konw that you and from which appear be"rightly motivated birth con- persons is the basis of the turies, individual white men have a life style proper to low. Church's rejection of abortrol." and women, Church bodies, your own ethnic genius tion, according to the memoThe Aboriginal people and welfare groups have or culture — a culture "Contraceptive mentality", randum. have lived in this country given immeasurable service which the Church respects according to the memoran- In their memorandum for many thousands of years to the Aboriginal people, as and which she does not dum, is "part of a general submitted last March the —c.40,000 years, according the knowledge and convicin any way ask you to attitude to life which is bishops' committee urged to recent archaeological find- tions of the times, and the renounce". (Pope Paul, fundamentally self-centred legislation restricting aborgood will of supporters, both Sydney, 1970, in an adand which sees other people tion and social reforms to ings. They are then, a people private and governmental. dress to . Aborigines.) as a threat to one's position provide better alternatives to with an ancient history and would allow. 2. Aboriginal people find it and possessions." abortion. culture, of which they are In more recent times, difficult to* have any rightly proud. various governments, conidentity with the estabToday, there are about scious of their obligations to lished Church. There is a 150,000 people of Aboriginal all members of the comtendency to blame the munity in terms of social descent in Australia. Aboriginals for this. They are not a dying justice, have adopted new R ather, it indicates a people, but are very much and varied policies, providsingular lack in the alive, and their number is ing ever increasing amounts People of God. In the increasing. They are not a of expertise and finance to name of Jesus Christ, we "curious left-over from some help the Aboriginal people have given a witness to prehistoric time." break the vicious circle in them of the Gospel. They are people — 20th which they have been century human beings — trapped. (• CONTINUED PAGE 4) —
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