
DATE: June 30, 2009
FROM: Don Clemmer, USCCB Department of Communications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public funding of abortion rejected by Americans Lawmakers cannot both fund abortion and claim to reduce abortions
‘Worst of all times’ to inject the divisive issue of abortion funding
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chair of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote to members of the House Appropriations Committee today urging them not to fund abortions in the District of Columbia. Last week the House subcommittee considering the Financial Services appropriations bill for 2010 voted to permit direct public funding of abortion in the nation’s capital.
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