US Rep. James R. Langevin talks about health-care legislation Tuesday in Providence. To his right are US Rep.PatrickKennedy and Emilie Aries. PROVIDENCE — US Rep.PatrickKennedy said he was “not going to dignify with an answer” …
Read Original Story: RI Rep. Patrick Kennedy declines to respond to bishop's attack on abortion issue – Providence Journal
The inclusion of a restrictive abortion clause in the House health care bill, and the Catholic Church’s involvement in its passage, has legislators and others debating the extent to which religious organizations can appropriately delve into politics. …
Read Original Story: Lawmakers Feud Over Church's Role in Health Care Debate – CBS News
By Mr. wow There are so many distressing aspects to the Democrats caving in to anti-abortion forces fighting the health-care bill. Certainly the most distressing are the anti-abortion provisions written in to the bill, steps that go far beyond …
Read Original Story: It's the Abortion Issue, Stupid, by Mr. wow – Women on the Web
Denver, Colo., Nov 12, 2009 / 08:17 pm (CNA).- In a November 8 article titled “House votes for ban on abortion subsidies,” the Los Angeles Times quoted a statement from the pro Obama group “Catholics United” attributing it to the United States …
Read Original Story: LA Times attributes pro Obama Catholics' statement to the USCCB – Catholic News Agency
When the House approved an amendment banning federal subsidies to insurance policies that cover elective abortions to the Democratic health care bill, it was a major victory for the Catholic Church and a stinging defeat for liberals. …
Read Original Story: Bishops flex muscle in Congress and with Catholic lawmakers at home – Washington Examiner
The critical role of the Catholic Church in passing national health care reform legislation is coming under serious media scrutiny. But the story has taken a strange turn. It has now been revealed that George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund operator …
Read Original Story: Atheist Soros Funds Catholic Groups – Right Side News
BEND — There is an ongoing debate and discussion about the best way to help assure that everyone in America has access to healthcare and healthcare benefits. This is a tremendously important issue both from a moral and from a …
Read Original Story: Restructured health care should not include immoral procedures – Catholic Sentinel
Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potential to upend a key piece of President Barack Obama’s agenda. …
Read Original Story: Catholic Church Sways Health Fight – Wall Street Journal
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island was to meet Thursday with Thomas J. Tobin, the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, and perhaps start healing a bitter rift over whether health care legislation now before Congress …
Read Original Story: Rep. Kennedy and Bishop in Bitter Rift on Abortion – New York Times
The US Conference of CatholicBishops has endorsed a crucial amendment to the US House of Representatives’ health care reform legislation proposed by US Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper of Erie. The Stupak-Pitts-Kaptur-Dahlkemper-Lipinski-Smith Amendment will …
Read Original Story: US Rep. Dahlkemper's amendment lauded by Catholic Bishops – GoErie.com
