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Health care reform should align with current abortion funding laws

The U.S. bishops again urged senators to place Hyde Amendment language into proposed health care reform legislation, a step that would align the legislation with policies now governing all other federal health programs and the just-passed Consolidated Appropriations Act.
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December 16, 2009
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abortion, abortion funding, Congress, Health Care, health care reform, healthcare, immigration

Disappointment in Senate health bill

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Senate to make essential changes its health reform bill in order to keep in place federal law on abortion funding and conscience protection on abortion, protect access to health care for immigrants and include strong provision
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November 22, 2009
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abortion, abortion funding, Health Care, health care reform, immigration

Pennsylvania’s Catholic Bishops issue statement on health care reform

Health care reform was discussed at a meeting of Pennsylvania’s Catholic Bishops on October 6, 2009.  Together, they issue the following statement: Our Catholic moral tradition teaches that every human being, from the moment of conception to natural death, has an innate dignity
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October 13, 2009
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abortion, Health Care, health care reform, healthcare, immigration

Health care reform essential principles

Three chairmen of the bishops’ committees working on health care reform urged the U.S. Congress to improve current health care reform legislation, expressing their “disappointment that progress has not been made on the three priority criteria for health care reform”
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October 09, 2009
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abortion, Health Care, health care reform, immigration

Letter to U.S. Senate on healthcare

Three U.S. bishops raised their concerns over human life and dignity, immigrants and affordability in a September 30 letter to the U.S. Senate. Cardinal Justin Rigali, Bishop William Murphy and Bishop John Wester chair the Committees on Pro-Life Activities, Domestic Justice and Human
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October 01, 2009
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Health Care, health care reform, healthcare, immigration, USCCB
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