US Roman Catholic Bishops: Senate Bill Still Unacceptable

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Despite last-minute efforts to improve the language on abortion and conscience rights in the Senate's proposed health care reform bill, the U.S. bishops oppose its passage.

This was affirmed in a statement released Saturday by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, chairman of the conference's Committee on Pro-Life Activities; Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chair of the bishops' Committee on Migration; and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York, chair of the Domestic Policy Committee.

The prelates acknowledge the "good faith" efforts of several Senators in proposing changes to the bill, as well as several positive points of the Manager's Amendment that was proposed Saturday.

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Posted December 21, 2009 at 8:49 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

The most interesting part of that is the comment discussions. Fascinating mixture of anti-Catholicism, anti-establishmentarianism, anti-religion, and anti-clericalism.

December 21, 12:47 pm | [comment link]
2. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

Ok, my comment some how came up on this thread, even though I was reading the previous one. Weird.

December 21, 12:48 pm | [comment link]
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