May 24, 2014 | christiannews.net | By: Jason Storms
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Controversy is brewing in Texas
over a Catholic-run hospital that is accused of enabling the last remaining
abortion facility in South Texas to remain open.
Under a recent Texas law that took affect in November,
those who perform abortions are required to obtain admitting privileges at a
local hospital within a 30-mile radius. However, Christus Spohn Hospital in
Corpus Christi has reportedly already been granting admitting privileges to
abortionist Eduardo Aquino for decades, enabling his Coastal Birth Control
Center— the last remaining abortion facility in the area—to remain open.
According to reports, 20 abortion facilities in Texas
have closed their doors—or have announced their impending closure—as a result
of being unable to meet the new requirement. Local pro-life leaders hope that
Aquino’s facility joins that number, and are outraged that a Catholic
institution is providing cover for an abortion provider.
“The biggest issue is the fact that they do claim to be …
Catholic, and yet they’re walking hypocritically according to what they state
by enabling abortion,” said Pastor of Sovereign Grace Community Church, Daniel
Sem.
Members of his church organized a demonstration against
the hospital on Mother’s Day.
“It’s a moral issue; it’s not a legal issue,” Sem
continued. “And we urge them and plead with them to obey God rather than man in
this regard, and help end the taking of life in our city.”
Editor’s
Note: Those wishing to urge Christus Spohn Hospital to rescind admitting
privileges for Eduardo Aquino may click here to sign the petition.
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