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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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
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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
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First Pastoral Letter on Health Care Released
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:56 PM
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to speak with Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., Bishop Robert Finn, who told me that he and Kansas City, Kan., Archbishop Joseph Naumann were releasing a pastoral letter on health-care reform.
That pastoral letter was released today, and it can be read in its entirety at the The Catholic Key blog. It’s encouraging to see that a rising number of U.S. bishops are... READ MORE
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