By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The leader of a major pro-life group who was invited to the White House last Thursday to discuss abortion in health care reform left the meeting “deeply concerned” about the Administrations refusal to explicitly exclude abortion from bills currently circulating in Congress.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new Rasmussen poll found that the majority of Americans believe government-subsidized health care plans should be prohibited from covering abortion.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who is pro-choice and Catholic, dodged questions about whether or not she believes abortion should be included in health care reform, and if she continues to take Communion after being told to refrain from the Sacrament by her hometown bishop.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, pro-abortion Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, who will play a pivotal role in insuring that abortions are covered in any new health care reform bills, echoed the presidents disingenuous statements about the issue on a Sunday morning talk show.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
More than half of all Americans polled in a new national survey disagree with the idea that the government has an obligation to provide abortion services under a public health care plan. A substantial number also said they would be less likely to support a plan that includes abortion coverage.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
On the morning after the president’s address to a joint session of Congress last night, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) says he is once again misleading the American public about whether or not he supports abortion funding in the health care plan.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an Aug. 28 letter, Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, encouraged priests, deacons, religious sisters and parishioners to “become engaged in promoting genuine health care reform” and presented four principles upon which the “moral value and justice of a given plan to provide health care” should be evaluated.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An alternative to the contentious health care reforms currently circulating on the Hill is being deliberately held up in Committee by House leadership. This alternative will allow individuals to choose their health insurance, provide insurance for the poor and high-risk individuals (those with pre-existing conditions), allow insurance to be sold across state lines and set limits on the kind of medical liability suits that have been driving up health care costs.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In spite of consistent government denials, a new national survey has found that most Americans believe the worst about a public health care option.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Denver’s Archbishop Charles Chaput is speaking out about the government’s misuse of the Catholic concept of common ground, saying that using this label to describe any health care proposal that includes abortion “a lie.”
