{"id":10519,"date":"2013-03-05T16:43:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=10519"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:12:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T03:12:29","slug":"archbishop-lori-issues-statement-of-support-for-the-health-care-conscience-rights-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/03\/archbishop-lori-issues-statement-of-support-for-the-health-care-conscience-rights-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Lori Issues Statement of Support for the Health Care Conscience Rights Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, who is chair of the USCCB\u2019s Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, has voiced support for the Health Care Conscience Rights Act, authored by Representative Diane Black (R-TN).<\/p>\n

Archbishop Lori issued the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful to Congresswoman Black and other sponsors for their leadership today. I welcome the Health Care Conscience Rights Act and call for its swift passage into law. While federal laws are on the books protecting conscience rights in health care, this Act would make such protection truly effective. This overdue measure is especially needed in light of new challenges to conscience rights arising from the federal health care reform act.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Representative Black\u2019s legislation comes after she and 13 other members of Congress sent a letter<\/a> to the House leadership requesting that the issue of freedom of conscience be included in the upcoming budget bill. This letter opened the doorway for the Republican leadership to make their stand-off with the President over budget concerns about something noble instead of using it to stop tax increases on the wealthiest Americans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopefully, they will see it that way and take the action that the signers of the letter asked of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Representative Black announced at a press conference today that she is authoring a separate statute to guarantee the right of conscience to health care workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you wish to\u00a0contact your Congressional delegation to ask them to support both Representative Black\u2019s bill and putting the issue of religious freedom into the budget bill, you can find their emails and phone numbers here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, who is chair of the USCCB\u2019s Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, has voiced support for the Health Care Conscience Rights Act, authored by Representative Diane Black (R-TN). Archbishop Lori issued the following statement: \u201cI am grateful to Congresswoman Black and other sponsors for their leadership today. 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