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| THE CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE "MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE" ABORTION COMPROMISE |
| Raymond Arroyo |
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
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| As we expected back in the summer, it appears that the Catholic Health Association, the trade organization for the nation’s Catholic hospitals is backing the Senate Health Reform Bill and the most recent “abortion compromise”. This is in open defiance of the Bishops position. According to the Christmas edition of the New York Times, the CHA “has signaled that they back the Senate’s compromise on the issue, raising hopes of breaking an impasse in Congress and stirring controversy within the church.” The Catholic Health Association said in a statement that they were: “ ‘encouraged’ and ‘increasingly confident’ that such a compromise ‘can achieve the objective of no federal funding for abortion.’” The left leaning Leadership Conference of Women Religious is pledging its support as well. Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishops Conference, just last week, called the Senate abortion compromise “morally unacceptable.” Citing abortion and their other concerns the Conference wrote: “Until these fundamental flaws are remedied, the bill should be opposed.” Now for a little lesson in “divide and conquer” Chicago style: The Catholic Health Association’s statement conveniently found its way into the hands of pro-life Democrats. It was hoped that the statement would pick off a few votes and assuage consciences. Lets hope the Conference doesn’t let the CHA get away with this.
Last summer, Sr. Carol Keehan, the president of the Catholic Health Association told me that she and her organization (which stands to make a hefty profit off this health care bill) were working with the bishops. Sr. Carol may want to call the USCCB for an update on the official Catholic position.
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