Kathleen Sebelius: Her pro-life bonafides are non-existent

The Faux Catholic press corp, also known as Catholics United, is already at work trying to shape the coverage of the nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as the new head of Health & Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C.

A blog at U.S. News & World Report today runs puff piece excerpts of Sebelius praising her "pro-life" bonafides, the material furnished to him, he acknowledges, by Catholics United, a heretical group that denies the teachings and authority of the Church it pretends to represent. He quotes this:

My Catholic faith teaches me that all life is sacred, and personally I believe abortion is wrong. However, I disagree with the suggestion that criminalizing women and their doctors is an effective means of achieving the goal of reducing the number of abortions in our nation.

There is another way. By working in support of the common good we can better protect human life and the dignity of all people.

Sebelius claims that she's worked to curtail abortions. The truth is that she's done nothing to oppose them and much to protect those who are in the abortion business, like her personal and political pal George Tiller, aka Tiller the Killer, a Wichita, Ks., based abortionist who specializes in late term baby killing.

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life (an organization that is in full compliance with Catholic teaching), had this to say of her nomination:

"It is not appropriate that an individual who supports abortion occupy this post. Abortion has nothing to do with health. There is no disease that abortion cures and there is no medical benefit to the procedure. Both Kathleen Sebelius and Barack Obama should know better."

Here's a bit of what LifeSite News had to say:

Sebelius has one of the most radical pro-abortion record of any elected official and a longstanding relationship with a late-term abortion practitioner. [SNIP]

Obama's decision to allow word of his selection to lead ot the media first on a Saturday is designed to play down news coverage of his selection of a hardcore abortion advocate to lead his health care reform efforts and to implement his pro-abortion agenda. ]SNIP]

Sebelius is most notorious for her close relationship with late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller, who has escaped prosecution and accountability thus far for allegedly repeatedly violating state abortion laws. However, a judge recently ruled charges against him from the state attorney general's office can move ahead.

He's done so in part because of the lax standards of Sebelius and her political allies, to whom Tiller has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. Governor Sebelius vetoed a bill last April that the legislature approved that would have strengthened the state's limits on late-term abortions.

That followed by a year her veto of a bill requiring explicit medical reasons for a late abortion, which was preceded by vetoing other pro-life legislation in 2006, 2005 and 2003.

Sebelius went as far as to coordinate a secret event with Tiller at the governor's mansion that was criticized because her staff failed to officially report the event.

Her position favoring abortion is so radical and extreme that Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City called on her to stop receiving communion until she disowns her support for the "serious moral evil" of abortion.

Leading pro-life groups have unanimously blasted the potential of Sebelius serving as Health Secretary because of her longstandinging pro-abortion record.

"Sebelius is joined at the hip with the abortion industry," Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, tells LifeNews.com. "She owes them her political career and has been more than willing to pay them back with personal favors that have shielded them from legislation and criminal prosecution. Her corrupt abortion politics make her unfit to serve."

I'd stop right there but there is another interesting item they included:

Sebelius attended a Planned Parenthood fundraiser on the occasion of her birthday in May, 2007 where CEO Peter Brownlie led a conga-line dance in her honor during the party.

Brownlie's clinic was later charged with 107 criminal counts of conducting illegal late-term abortions. Those charges are now pending.

Conga line? What's with all the conga lines?