Support Health Care Reform that Respects Unborn, Immigrants, and Conscience |
| March 19, 2010 |
| TAKE ACTION NOW! Contact your US Representative today and urge him or her to support true health care reform which maintains the status quo on federal funding of abortion, allows access for all, and includes full conscience protections. Please call or write as soon as possible; Congress is expected to vote this weekend. Leer este articulo en Espanol aqui. WHY IS THIS ACTION IMPORTANT NOW? As long-time advocates of health care reform, the U.S. Catholic bishops continue to make the moral case that genuine health care reform must protect the life, dignity, consciences and health of all, especially the poor and vulnerable. Health care reform should provide access to affordable and quality health care for all, and not advance a pro-abortion agenda in our country. Genuine health care reform is being blocked by those who insist on reversing widely supported policies against federal funding of abortion and plans which include abortion, not by those working simply to preserve these longstanding protections. Recently the Texas Bishops, along with the US Bishops and the USCCB Committee on Migration, have issued letters and statements on health care reform. See the links below for more information: You can visit www.USCCB.org/HealthCare for more information. Please act by March 21, 2009 ACT NOW: To find out who Congressperson is, click here and insert your address. We have a Legislator Contact form on our website here that you can download and print to have this information for later use.Below is a sample message for your Representative. Sample Message to your Representative: "I am pleased that the House health care bill maintains the longstanding policy against federal funding of abortion. On the other hand, the provisions on abortion funding in the current un-amended Senate health care bill are seriously deficient and unacceptable. I urge you to work to uphold essential provisions against abortion funding, to include full conscience protection and to ensure that health care is accessible and affordable for all, including our immigrant brothers and sisters. I urge you to oppose any bill unless and until these criteria are met. If you have any questions on the position of the Bishops of Texas with regard to this bill, feel free to contact the Texas Catholic Conference at 512-339-9882. Thank you for your time." Feel free to write to us at info@txcatholic.org to let us know about your calling experience and about any responses you receive. More Information: For more information visit www.USCCB.org/healthcare The Texas Catholic Conference tries to be judicious in issuing alerts and does so when contact from constituents will make a difference at a critical moment in a bill's movement through the legislature. You may direct questions to Maria Huemmer, public relations and outreach coordinator at maria@txcatholic.org. www.TXcatholic.org |
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