Email I received from Catholics United re: contacting and correcting the US Conference of Bishops

[Richardo]

Dear Richardo,

Two weeks ago, you helped send more than 5,200 emails to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops asking it to drop its opposition to
health care reform. That’s a great start. But we need to keep the pressure up. Health care reform is coming down to the wire, and
abortion is the last sticking point.

The bishops' staff claim that the Senate bill expands federal financing of abortion. That’s simply not true. Independent news outlets and policy experts have confirmed that the Senate health care bill explicitly prohibits federal financing of abortion. Despite this, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are still opposing reform.

The bishops need to hear the truth about what health care reform will - and will not - do. Join us in calling the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago. Let him know that Catholics in the pews want the bishops to get their facts straight and support health care reform.

Will you take two seconds and call Cardinal Francis George at 312-534-8200?

For generations, the bishops have taught that health care is a fundamental human right. Now, when we are on the verge of passing the single greatest overhaul of health care in our lifetime, the bishops are opposing reform. Why? The bishops are being fed false information by people who simply want to defeat health care reform.

Hopefully if Cardinal George hears from enough of us, the bishops will get better information about what’s in the bill and drop their opposition to reform. Too much is at stake if we fail.

Sincerely,

Chris Korzen
Catholics United executive director

I thought it was a good companion piece to the statement(s) yesterday from the Catholic Health Association, 600 Catholic hospitals, 1,400 nursing homes and 59,000 nuns.

[damyank913]

1. You would think that men that wear gowns in public would be more tolerant.