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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) welcomed passage in the House of the 'Protect Life Act' (H.R. 358). Sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and 144 co-sponsors, the Protect Life Act would apply longstanding federal policies on abortion funding, and conscience rights on abortion, to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed in 2010....
House took "decisive step" toward protecting life 'No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act' reflects will of the people Conscience protection essential for access to life-saving health care WASHINGTON, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) welcomed passage of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" (H.R. 3) by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill codifies a permanent, government-wide...
Act Applies Hyde Amendment to New Funds Fixing Health Care a Legislative Goal of U.S. Bishops WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congress should support a bipartisan bill that will remedy the abortion and conscience flaws in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), according to the Chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities. In a May 20 letter to Congress, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said PPACA was an important step toward...
Applaud efforts to expand health care to all Emphasize need to guarantee federal money does not go to abortion Need to address flaws in health reform plan just passed WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. bishops called on Congress and people in the Catholic community to make sure promises are kept that new health care legislation will not expand abortions in the United States. Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic...
WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement in response to reports that President Obama may issue an executive order regarding government funding of elective abortions in the Senate health care bill (H.R. 3590): "Those few pro-life Democrats that would place the fate of the unborn in the hands of the President, will be placing their own political fate in those same hands secured only by a promise that runs...
Federal government must not expand its role enabling abortions Bill should not go forward unless and until problems remedied Protection of life, conscience rights; fairness to legal immigrants; affordability top issues WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senate health reform bill should not move forward in its current form, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York, and Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City said December...
'Compromise' would make citizens pay for others' abortions Senate should mirror House of Representative's Hyde amendment language Bill doesn't meet goals of affordability, fairness to legal immigrants, protection of life WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Responding to reports of a new "compromise" proposal on abortion in the U.S. Senate's health care reform bill, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo today reaffirmed the position of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that the...
NAPW and Others Request That Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Consider Impact on All Pregnant Women NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) today released to the public a letter with more than 100 signatories sent to the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate requesting that the Committee ask Judge Sonia Sotomayor and all future Supreme Court nominees: Is there a point in pregnancy when you believe women lose their civil rights?...
Sotomayor Wants to Set Policy, Will Perpetuate Role of Supreme Court as "National Abortion Control Board" WASHINGTON, May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans United for Life (AUL) President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest reacted to President Barack Obama nominating Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice Souter on the United States Supreme Court, stating: "For all the President's talk of finding 'common ground,' this appointment completely contradicts that hollow promise. Judge Sonia...
WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans United for Life (AUL) today sent a letter to all U.S. Senate members urging them to consider new abortion polling data when they evaluate the President's Supreme Court nominee. The data reveal that Democrats, Republicans, and Independents agree by overwhelming majorities that they want Supreme Court Justices who disavow politics and who will uphold the Constitution and the rule of law as written, including on issues involving...
