August 28, 2013 Memorial of St.
Augustine
(Please forward to friends and family
around the country.)
The Call to Holiness Board of
Directors is asking you to stand up for Religious Freedom with the bishops and contact
your Congressman and Senators requesting
them to protect Religious Liberty at the federal level by demanding that the US House
leadership of Representatives Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy bring HR 940,
the Health Care Conscience Rights Act http://beta.congress.gov/
Both the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Michigan Catholic
Conference support HR 940, the
Health Care Conscience Rights Act and
ask the laity to contact their representatives in Congress. Follow this link to send a prepared e-mail to your
Congressman and Senators. If you
prefer to call them, contact the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Even better, visit your
Congressional Representative when he or she is in town. Most
Representatives are available in their home district from Friday through Monday.
What is the problem that we are facing?
Michigan attorney Richard Myers
said the problem is enormous. "A statistic was published in 1993 by the
Alan Guttmacher Institute," he noted, "that showed 71% of HMOs were
not only paying for abortion but keeping it confidential from spouses of the
insured and from the parents of insured minor children under age 18."1
According to Michael
O'Dea, Founder and Executive Director of the Christus Medicus Foundation, it
grew worse with the passage of the State Children Health Insurance
(S-CHIP) of 1996, known as MYChild in Michigan. That legislation allowed minors
to receive contraceptives and abortions without their parents’ knowledge. It has grown even
worse with the passage of the Affordable
Care Act (ACA otherwise known
as Obamacare) of March 2010 and the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate
requiring free coverage of “preventive services” which means
contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion inducing drugs. Of course
all of these are part of the Culture of Death and oppose the unchanging
teachings of the Catholic Church.
The No Taxes for Abortion
Insurance (http://michigansvoice.com/)
petition campaign sponsored by Right to Life of Michigan is valuable and
supported by the Michigan Catholic Conference bishops. But it only
addresses surgical abortion, and not the abortion pills and devices that
are part of the HHS mandate and ACA. TheHealth Care Conscience Rights
Act (HR 940) is needed to
address the issues of contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion
in health insurance plans, as well as medical workers’ ability to opt
out of participation in these immoral practices for reasons of religion or
conscience.
For Additional Information see:
MCC advise Protect
Religious Liberty at the Federal Level!
Urge Your Representatives in DC to Support Conscience Rights : http://capwiz.com/ micatholicconference/issues/
Urge Your Representatives in DC to Support Conscience Rights : http://capwiz.com/ micatholicconference/issues/
It is not just for Catholics! Letter from leaders of many
faiths: Standing together for Religious Freedom http://www.usccb.org/issues-
Most recent statement of USCCB bishops: http://www.usccb.org/news/
Additional reference: Christus Medicus Foundation http://www.
1A Way to
Keep Dioceses From Unwittingly Paying for Abortions By KATE ERNSTING Register
Correspondenthttp://www.christusmedicus.
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