Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote
Posted by The Editors
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:33 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the massive health-care reform bill this weekend. Here is Register correspondent Rich Daly’s latest look at the legislation and efforts to ensure that the federal government will not be spending tax dollars on elective abortions.
Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote
By Rich Daly
Register Correspondent
WASHINGTON — A fast-moving... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, congress, healthcare
Bishops Weigh In
Posted by The Editors
Friday, October 30, 2009 3:31 PM
Not long after Nancy Pelosi unveiled the 1,990-page House health-care reform bill Oct. 29, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an urgent call to arms.
The House bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, contains provisions for the public funding of abortions under a new health-care delivery and financing scheme in America. All Americans will pay for other people’s abortions,... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, bart stupak, bishops, conscience, healthcare
Another Kind of ‘Public Option’
Posted by The Editors
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:58 PM
While members of Congress continue to debate whether to include a “public option” health-care plan in a national health system, the Catholic Medical Association has called for a “reset” of the entire effort.
The CMA, meeting in Springfield, Ill., for their 78th annual general assembly, issued a resolution Oct. 23 calling on Congress to “begin the process anew.”
One of the things the... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, bart stupak, catholic medical association, congress, conscience, government, healthcare
Mutual Respect?
Posted by The Editors
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:51 AM
St. Joseph’s College in Hartford, Conn., describes itself as an institution of higher learning “enhanced by the Catholic intellectual tradition and the values of its founding Sisters of Mercy.”
Tonight, it’s hosting a speaker whose views would clash with those values.
Adrienne Germain, president of the International Women’s Health Coalition, is presenting the third in a four-part series... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, college, contraception
Being There
Posted by The Editors
Monday, October 26, 2009 11:15 AM
The 40 Days for Life Fall 2009 campaign is coming to a close this Sunday, and the Register will have a wrap-up on it in its Nov. 8 edition.
40 Days for Life describes itself as a “community-based campaign that draws attention to the evil of abortion through the use of … prayer and fasting, constant vigil and community outreach.”
This fall, people organized 40 Days for Life campaigns in... READ MORE
Filed under 40 days for life, abortion
Rep. Kennedy vs. the Church
Posted by Tim Drake
Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:18 AM
Debate continues to rage over abortion coverage in all of the health-care reform bills. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made it clear that they cannot and will not support any proposal that includes abortion coverage.
Responding to the bishops, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., recently slammed the Church, saying that it was fanning “the flames of dissent and discord” by opposing the... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, abortion funding, bishop thomas tobin, health care, health care reform, rep. patrick kennedy
Spain Fighting for Its Life
Posted by The Editors
Monday, October 19, 2009 10:50 AM
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Try as it may, Spain’s Socialist government cannot extinguish the faith of its people.
The Christian Post reported that an estimated 1 million people took to the streets of Madrid to protest Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s bill that would allow unrestricted abortion at up to 14 weeks of pregnancy and allow girls age 16 and 17 to abort their children without parental consent.
Under the banner... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, spain
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