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What does the Church teach about abortion?

Senate Bill 3 is a legislative proposal that will clearly prohibit coverage of elective abortions in the taxpayer supported plans in the new insurance exchanges to be created by federal health care reform. The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) supports this bill and is urging adv
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March 02, 2011
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Everybody counts, even the unborn

The results are in. Two recent reports reveal interesting statistics about Pennsylvania – the 2010 Census and the 2009 Abortion Statistics.
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January 04, 2011
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Advocating for adoption

Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Harrisburg has been assisting families, birth parents and adoptees for over 70 years. Catholic Charities Adoption Services believes in the innate dignity and value of every human life and that every child is entitled to an environment in which he o
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August 03, 2010
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State budget breakdown

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the state budget by the constitutional deadline, June 30. Over the Fourth of July weekend, they passed the necessary fiscal code bill that outlines the revenue to pay for it. Although not exactly on time, this state budget was passed earlier th
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July 06, 2010
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Why abortion?

Every year the Pennsylvania Department of Health releases the latest state abortion statistics.  Everyone waits to see if the numbers go up or down.  In 2008, there were 38,807 abortions in Pennsylvania, an increase of 2,144 (5.8%) from 2007.  Disappointing; but overall, that is 41 pe
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February 04, 2010
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The courage the ask for help

If tens of thousands of Pennsylvania children died needlessly one year, you would want to know why their parents let that happen, right? You would be saddened and outraged to learn that there are many programs to help these parents if they only had the courage to ask.According to a re
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January 01, 2008
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2006-2007 Commonwealth Budget Review

Last month Governor Ed Rendell proposed a $54.2 billion spending plan for the fiscal year 2006-2007. State legislators will debate and discuss the dollar figures and policy implications of each line item over the next several months. Ideally, a final bill will pass the House of Repres
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March 01, 2006
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