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Catholic bishops pan Senate health bill
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a letter urging the Senate to amend the bill along the lines of the House version and keep in place the ban on taxpayer-funded elective abortions, protect access to healthcare for immigrants and ensure affordability.
"We believe healthcare legislation must respect the consciences of providers, taxpayers and others, not violate them," the bishops wrote. "We believe universal coverage should be truly universal, not deny healthcare to those in need because of their condition, age, where they come from or when they arrive here. Providing affordable and accessible healthcare that clearly reflects these fundamental principles is a public good, moral imperative and urgent national priority.
"Sadly, the legislative proposal recently unveiled in the Senate does not meet these moral criteria. Specifically, it violates the longstanding federal policy against the use of federal funds for elective abortions and health plans that include such abortions. ... We believe legislation that violates this moral principle is not true healthcare reform and must be amended to reflect it.
"On these various issues the new Senate bill is an enormous disappointment, creating new and completely unacceptable federal policy that endangers human life and rights of conscience."
The Catholic clerics also said the Senate bill would still leave more than 24 million people without coverage.
"This is not acceptable," they said.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/20/2009
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Posted Comments:
11-21-2009 15:23
shiloh wrote:
And leave health care for the illegals out of it.
11-21-2009 12:39
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Why is it so important to kill innocent babies? If you do something and get caught at it,,(promiscuity). Is killing an innocent bystander, that had nothing to do with the sitution,the only answer? You should thank God (and your mother) that your mother DID NOT ABORT YOU!
ABORTION, the funding, the act, and who should pay for it, should not be a consideration for a healthcare program! If you want it, support it, practice it, it should be YOUR responsibility to fund it, with whomever will aid and abet you in your endevor!!! PERIOD
ABORTION, the funding, the act, and who should pay for it, should not be a consideration for a healthcare program! If you want it, support it, practice it, it should be YOUR responsibility to fund it, with whomever will aid and abet you in your endevor!!! PERIOD
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