Tag: healthcare

“Where Are You Going, America?” Abp. Naumann’s Challenge to the Nation

We celebrate Independence Day this year in the shadow of the Supreme Court’s recent decision affirming the constitutional authority of the individual mandate (and indeed, the ability of Congress to tax inactivity), and as the last day of the USCCB’s Fortnight for Freedom. As part of the Fortnight, I went with two buses full of… Continue reading “Where Are You Going, America?” Abp. Naumann’s Challenge to the Nation

Women Challenging the HHS Mandate

When the GOP-run House Oversight Committee held a hearing on religious freedom and the HHS Mandate, consisting of five male religious leaders, Congressional Democrats and Planned Parenthood quickly cried sexism, with two Democrats walking out in protest.  This struck me at the time as both clever and dishonest. The second panel Two facts are conveniently… Continue reading Women Challenging the HHS Mandate

Disturbing New Evidence on Contraception and AIDS in Africa

A few weeks ago, I wrote on the impact of Catholic social teaching on AIDS rates in Africa. I showed there that the most Catholic parts of sub-Saharan Africa tend to have lower (sometimes, dramatically lower) rates of HIV infection than their non-Catholic counterparts.  This proved true both by region, and by country.  There are… Continue reading Disturbing New Evidence on Contraception and AIDS in Africa

Dorothy Day and Obamacare

Servant of God Dorothy Day is a fascinating woman, and a saint for the modern world.  Prior to her conversion, she was an outspoken Communist sympathizer who’d had two common-law marriages and an abortion.  Yet after the birth of her daughter, she began to take Catholicism seriously, and was Baptized and received into the Church… Continue reading Dorothy Day and Obamacare

Pro-Abortion Groups Fighting Back on Healthcare

If you’ll recall, Stupak and Obama claimed that Obama’s eleventh-hour executive order would mean that no federal funds from Obamacare would go to fund abortion. Certain liberal Catholic groups, like CHA, used this as political coverage for support of Obamacare. Then, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, the government tried to pay for abortions. Pro-lifers caught wind… Continue reading Pro-Abortion Groups Fighting Back on Healthcare

Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Under Obamacare to Begin Soon

According to National Right to Life, the Obama administration has approved $160 million in federal tax dollars to Pennsylvania, with the only restriction that it not pay for abortions prohibited by existing state law. Which means, in short, that abortions for any reason other than “It’s a girl!” are permissible. The Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner, Joel… Continue reading Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Under Obamacare to Begin Soon

Health Care: Monday Morning Quarterbacking

I.American Papist has a good reaction to yesterday’s news that the healthcare bill passed. The bill passed 219-212, which was intentional: the Democrats wanted to make sure that every Democrat could claim that their vote wasn’t the one responsible for this albatross. The fact that they were able to engineer the precise vote like that… Continue reading Health Care: Monday Morning Quarterbacking

Bishop Lynch on Healthcare

It was only a matter of time, I suppose. The US Bishops looked like they were actually holding together against the pro-abortion Senate version of the healthcare bill. And then comes Bishop Lynch, the same bishop who betrayed Terri Schiavo, even skipping town to Indonesia over Holy Week and Easter (in violation of Canon 395… Continue reading Bishop Lynch on Healthcare

Today: A Day of Prayer and Fasting

Bishop Loverde, my bishop, has declared today a day of prayer and fasting for the sanctity of life, using his power under Canon 1244, paragraph 2.* He’s specifically concerned that the Democrats in Congress seem hell-bent on passing sweeping healthcare reform which puts the federal government in the role of paying for women to have… Continue reading Today: A Day of Prayer and Fasting