This comment is a gross misrepresentation of her support for the Health Care Bill or a very carefully worded message to state her decision to disobey the bishops on this matter. Despite the bishops' admonition, she relied on her "thoughts" and deemed the bishops wrong.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann's published response to Sister Keehan's denial of abortion funding in the bill: "I find this statement by Sister Keehan either incredibly naïve or disingenuous. Either the bill permits previously prohibited government funding of abortion or not. This is not a technicality."
Excerpt: "An early sign of health care reform's impact is Planned Parenthood's decision to open a new Oakland County clinic within the next 18 months, adding to 15 locations, including Detroit, Warren and Livonia. Unlike other Detroit area centers, the new location is likely to include abortion services.
[Planned Parenthood President Cecile] Richards and Lori Lamerand, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan, are ramping up for a boom in birth control and other reproductive services -- what Lamerand calls "an onslaught" of women poised to gain new access to reproductive health care."
We can speculate on the nun's motives with her false statement. Is it to give the impression that Catholics can support Obama and the Democrats? Probably. But whatever it is, there was no confusion about the direction given by the bishops back then. And she chose to ignore their guidance to the peril and death of many more unborn children.
2 Corinthians 11:14 "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."
Sources:
http://www.americanprinciplesproject.org/topics/life-issues/879-what-the-pro-life-movement-can-learn-from-planned-parenthood.html
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8106&Itemid=48
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