House Passes Health-Care Bill, So What's a Catholic to Do?
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, November 09, 2009 12:53 PM
After Saturday’s passage in the U.S. House of the health-care reform bill, highlighted by the amendment prohibiting federal funding for abortion, what’s a Catholic to do?
It’s being seen as a victory for pro-life advocates who worked to ban federal funding for abortion in the legislation, but observers wonder whether the bill will retain the amendment as it goes through the Senate. The... READ MORE
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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
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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
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Stupak: View From the House
Posted by Daily Blog
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:12 PM
Rep. Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak Fights Abortion Mandates in Health-Care Reform Bills
Rep. Bart Stupak spoke with Register correspondent Joan Frawley Desmond Sept. 23 as the Senate Finance Committee took up legislation on health-care reform.
Stupak, 57, is a Catholic and a pro-life Democrat. Elected in 1992 to serve Michigan’s First District (consisting of the state’s upper peninsula and northern counties of... READ MORE
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