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Catholic hospitals endorse health care reform bill
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Mar 15, 2010 12:49pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Ed Brayton |
| News Date | Monday, March 15, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Here’s another odd twist to the dispute over abortion and the health care reform bill. Despite opposition from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Health Association — which represents more than 2,000 Catholic hospitals and medical providers in the United States — has officially endorsed the health care reform bill currently being taken up by the House. You can view their statement here (PDF).
The letter to legislators says:
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The CHA does advocate that several things about the Senate bill be changed after it is passed, including addition of language preventing any federal funding of abortion. But that, they say, should not stop the passage of the bill in the first place. It will be interesting to see if this has any effect on Catholic legislators like those Democrats aligned with Rep. Bart Stupak against the bill due to abortion issues.
It’s unlikely that this will change Stupak’s position; he’s far too committed to it publicly to be able to pull back now. But it could perhaps sway a few of the dozen or so legislators he has claimed to speak for over the last couple weeks. And with this vote likely to be extraordinarily close, every vote counts. |
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