Amendment to Bar Abortion in Health Care Bill?

9/17/2009
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (www.catholicleague.org/)

We look for the president to publicly endorse this amendment.

Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League.

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NEW YORK, NY (Catholic League) - Catholic League president Bill Donohue offered the following remarks today on the health care bill:

"Last week, President Obama said he would not support any health care bill that provided for federal funding of abortion. On Sunday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius underscored his pledge.

"Now an amendment that would bar abortion funding from H.R. 3200 has been drafted by Congressmen Bart Stupak and Joe Pitts.

"On September 10, they sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Chairwoman of the Rules Committee, asking that they allow all members of the U.S. House of Representatives �the right to vote their conscience� on this amendment.

"President Obama did not mince words on this subject, and neither did Secretary Sebelius. Accordingly, we look for the president to publicly endorse this amendment, urging Congresswomen Pelosi and Slaughter to facilitate a House vote.

"This is a critical juncture�the time for the president to deliver on what he pledged is now. The Catholic community, in particular, anxiously awaits his next move."

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The Catholic League is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics � lay and clergy alike � to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination. It is led by its' President, William A. Donohue, Ph.D.

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1 - 2 of 2 Comments

John S.
3 years ago
It was proposed more than once. It has been voted down every time. Now that the President promised what he did, will it be voted down again? we'll see
Bulbajer
3 years ago
THIS is the perfect amendment. Why didn't somebody propose it sooner? I don't usually give Bill Donohue the HOORAY! so consider mys support sincere: HOORAY for Bill Donohue!

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