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Laurie Penny’s attack on Pope Francis over abortion spectacularly misses
his point

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/01/15/laurie-pennys-attack-on-pope-francis-over-abortion-spectacularly-misses-his-point/

The Pontiff’s comments in his ‘state of the world’ address gave socialists
and humanists a chance to engage with his criticism of our throwaway culture

By Madeleine Teahan<http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/madeleine-teahan/>on
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
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  [image: Pope Francis giving his 'state of the world' address on Monday
(CNS)]

Pope Francis giving his 'state of the world' address on Monday (CNS)

It must have been an incredible relief to Pope Francis this morning to
learn that New Statesman columnist Laurie Penny has issued the following
edict: “The Pope, like all human beings of every faith and none, has a
right to his opinion. The Pope is free to believe that abortion is
wrong.”<http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny/2014/01/popes-beliefs-about-abortion-will-become-relevant-day-pope-becomes-pregnant>

But Laurie issues one very important caveat: “I have no problem with that,
right up to the point where his beliefs start to influence the autonomy of
others, so the Pope’s beliefs about abortion will become relevant the day
the Pope gets pregnant.”

Just to remind ourselves, during his ‘state of the world’ address to the
Vatican diplomatic corps on Monday, Pope Francis denounced abortion in the
broader context of a throw away culture: “It is horrific even to think that
there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of
day,” he said in part of the speech that addressed the rights of children
around the world.

“Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable
objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as
unnecessary.”

Only today the issue of gendercide has made headlines
again<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-lost-girls-illegal-abortion-widely-used-by-some-uk-ethnic-groups-to-avoid-daughters-has-reduced-female-population-by-between-1500-and-4700-9059790.html>but
Laurie who is rightly reputed for her defence of women is mute here on
the issue of throwing away baby girls, simply because they’re girls.

She simply issues standard pro-choice mantras, without seriously engaging
with the Pope’s point, while suggesting that Francis should not express an
opinion in case “his beliefs start to influence the autonomy of others.”
Namely, the Pope should only speak when he is certain that no one will take
any notice.

Laurie also confesses that she misses the Pope Emeritus with “his snazzy
red shoes and squinty evil grin.” I’m confident that Laurie’s knowledge of
the papacy of Benedict XVI is exhaustive so it’s a pity that she had to
resort to such a low blow. Attacking an octogenarian’s appearance is surely
a bit beneath her.

Rather confusingly Laurie goes on to lament: “We wanted to believe that
this Pope was different. In these anxious times, it hasn’t just been
Catholics who got overexcited by the idea of a spiritual leader who could
inspire the world to be better.”

So essentially it is fine for Pope Francis to inspire the world to do
better as long as he fits in with one’s personal definition of doing
better. And when this definition of “better” fails to glorify abortion
rights he suddenly becomes one big whopping disappointment.

Sadly, Francis’s words are a real opportunity for socialists and humanists
to engage and probably agree with the Pope’s wider point about the
throwaway culture we encounter daily. But a man in authority dared to say
the word “abortion” while discussing this point, so rather than calmly
engaging on a wider level, the cardinals of the commentariat will scream
“emergency!” instead.

The bottom line, according to Laurie, is that the Pope’s views on abortion
are irrelevant until he gets pregnant. And I suppose, to follow Laurie’s
own tired logic, anyone’s opinions on Catholicism are irrelevant until they
convert.
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