Bishop Blair responds to passage of House health care reform bill |
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Written by BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 00:00 |
I am deeply gratified at the many people who have stood up against the murder of the unborn by urging their representatives in Washington to vote for the pro-life amendment to the Health Care Reform bill passed on November 7 by the House.
I also want to commend those members of Congress who supported and voted for the amendment with an upright conscience, especially those from the 19 counties of our diocese, including Marcy Kaptur who was a co-sponsor of the amendment.
The good news is that, with the adoption of the Stupak-Ellworth-Pitts-Kaptur-Dahlkemper-Lipinski-Smith Amendment, the bill passed by the House preserves the status quo of current federal law regarding abortion funding and conscience protections.
The bad news is that the status quo still reflects a situation in which millions of abortions continue to be carried out in our country even without federal funding. This is a situation with which we can never be content.
The legislative process and debate on Health Care Reform are far from over. I ask that everyone continue to work and pray that abortion be excluded, and that conscience be fully protected, in any health care reform that might eventually become law after votes in both the House and the Senate.
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