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Bishops Want Health Care Reform Aligned with Current Abortion Funding Laws; Urge Support for Menendez Amendment to Waive Waiting

USCCB

USCCB News Release

09-260
December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Don’t permit federal funds for elective abortion coverage for first time in decades
Let legal immigrants access health benefits for which they pay taxes
Three issues for bishops: respect life and conscience; affordability; fair access for immigrants


WASHINGTON—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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Healthcare Reform Comparison: USCCB Advisory

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops


      Office of Media Relations
          3211 FOURTH STREET NE • WASHINGTON DC 20017-1194 • 202-541-3200 • FAX 202-541-3173

 ADVISORY

 

TO:    Members of the News Media

 

FROM:   USCCB Office of Media Relations

 

DATE:    December 16, 2009

 

WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has made available a side-by-side comparison of the language of the Hyde Amendment, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and the proposed Nelson/Hatch/Casey Amendment. The resource can be found online at: http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/hyde-s-by-s-landscape--AP-Marks.pdf.

 

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Catholic Education Chair Lauds Notre Dame’s Initiative to Improve Access to Catholic Schools for Latino Children

USCCB

USCCB News Release

09-259
December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
En Español

 

WASHINGTON—Bishop Thomas J. Curry, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Catholic Education and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, praised an initiative to improve access to Catholic schools for Latino children.

 

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Faith and Order Group Sees Church as Reflection of Holy Trinity

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USCCB News Release

09-258
December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 


WASHINGTON—The mission and the Trinitarian nature of the Church were discussed at the Fall meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, October 15-17.

 

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Bishops Deeply Disappointed by Senate Vote to Table Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment

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USCCB News Release

09-256
December 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 


WASHINGTON—“The Senate vote to table the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment is a grave mistake and a serious blow to genuine health care reform,” said Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “The Senate is ignoring the promise made by President Obama and the will of the American people in failing to incorporate longstanding prohibitions on federal funding for abortion and plans that include abortion.”

 

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National Vocation Awareness Week to Be Celebrated January 10-16

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USCCB News Release

09-255
December 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


 


WASHINGTON—The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, January 10-16.

 

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