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March 8, 2021 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON If it becomes law, the American Rescue Plan Act would pit the great need Americans have for economic relief in this pandemic against those who insist the bill must include abortion funding, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of seven USCCB committees. Our nation needs to heal, come together and help one another. The is an important step in the right direction, the prelates said March 5 in a joint statement. It should provide much needed assistance for American families and businesses hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
If it passes and becomes law, the American Rescue Plan Congress is considering would pit the great need Americans have for economic relief in this pandemic against those who insist the bill must include abortion funding, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of seven USCCB committees.
Pandemic relief bill must pass without abortion funding, bishops say
Catholic Charities staff and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Washington distribute 500 grocery boxes and 500 family meals in the parking lot of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception July 10, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
By Julie Asher • Catholic News Service • Posted March 9, 2021
UPDATED WASHINGTON (CNS) If it becomes law, the American Rescue Plan Act would pit the great need Americans have for economic relief in this pandemic against those who insist the bill must include abortion funding, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of seven USCCB committees.
The chairmen of six U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees who wrote to all members of Congress Feb. 3, 2021, urging passage of an additional COVID-19 relief package. Pictured from top-left are Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development; Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism; Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., Committee on Pro-Life Activities; Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, Committee on Migration; Bishop Michael C.
WASHINGTON (CNS) Six U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee chairmen urged each member of Congress to support much-needed pandemic relief legislation that promotes “the dignity and value of all human life” and protects “poor and vulnerable people who are most at risk.”