Planned Parenthood Takes on the Bishops
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:57 AM
Last Wednesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops began an unprecedented campaign encouraging all Catholics to oppose health-care reform that includes abortion funding.
In response, Planned Parenthood Federation’s president, Cecile Richards, has said that the bishops don’t represent all Catholics and is recruiting Catholics to contact their legislators to support the current health-care... READ MORE
Filed under health care, health care bill, health care reform, healthcare, planned parenthood, usccb
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
Bishops Mull Opposition to Health-Care Bills
Posted by Daily Blog
Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:56 AM
By RICH DALY
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON — The prospect of American Catholic leaders urging their congregations to actively oppose an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system is becoming increasingly likely.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops promised to “vigorously” oppose health-care legislation under consideration in Congress if changes were not made to bar public... READ MORE
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Catholic Vote Action Creates Health-Care Spoof Video
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:48 AM
With the health-care reform debate continuing to rage, CatholicVote — the people who brought some of the election’s most stunning viral videos — have created a separate organization capable of lobbying.
That independent effort is known as Catholic Vote Action. Unlike CatholicVote.org, Catholic Vote Action is able to spend 100% of its resources lobbying Congress.
In response to the... READ MORE
Filed under health care, health care bill, health care reform
Bishops to Congress: Drop Abortion from Health-Care Reform
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 09, 2009 8:40 AM
Here is the text of a letter sent Oct. 8 to all members of Congress by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:
Dear Member of Congress:
On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), we are writing to express our disappointment that progress has not been made on the three priority criteria for health care reform that we have conveyed previously to Congress. In fact,... READ MORE
Filed under health care reform, u.s. bishops
U.S. Bishops Reject All Current Health-Care Bills
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:47 AM
As the Senate Finance Committee prepares to vote on health-care legislation, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made it known that none of the existing bills are adequate. All of them include abortion funding.
“So far, the health-reform bills considered in committee … have not met President Obama’s challenge of barring use of federal dollars for abortion and maintaining current... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, bishops, health care, health care bill, health care reform, usccb
Pope Alludes to Health-Care Reform and Abortion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 02, 2009 10:14 AM
(CNS)
In remarks delivered today to Miguel Diaz, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI indicated to President Barack Obama that he’s monitoring America’s health-care reform debate closely.
The Pope’s message to the president, though indirect and couched politely in diplomatic phrasing, is identical to the one delivered repeatedly and forcefully by the U.S. bishops: There... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, benedict xvi, health care reform, miguel diaz
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