2/2/2021
Local businesses remember Sister Gertrude, longtime ‘begging sister’
Sister Gertrude Crevan, a former “begging sister” with the Little Sisters of the Poor in Pawtucket, died Dec. 19 at the age of 84.
PAWTUCKET – A familiar face to many in the Pawtucket business community died last month.
Sister Gertrude Crevan, 84, a Little Sister of the Poor, died at the order’s residence in Totowa, New Jersey, on Dec. 19. She was buried in Calvary Cemetery alongside her fellow sisters.
Though she lived the last seven years of her life in New Jersey, she resided for more than three decades at the Jeanne Jugan Residence on Main Street, where she fulfilled the role of “begging sister.” Her persistence and dedication to the home’s mission to serve the elderly poor were remembered this month by many who once found themselves on the receiving end of her appeals.
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – Allowing federal funds to flow again to international groups that provide or refer patients for abortion services is the easy part of President Joe Biden’s promise to reverse Trump administration policies on reproductive health issues.
Undoing restrictions on U.S. clinics that provide abortion counseling or services will take more time, as would changing when employers can decline to include birth control in workers’ health care plans.
Passing legislation to codify the right to an abortion and allowing low-income women to get government-funded abortions – which Biden backed during his presidential campaign – face roadblocks in a closely divided Congress.
Undoing restrictions on U.S. clinics that provide abortion counseling or services will take more time, as would changing when employers can decline to include birth control in workers’ health care plans.
Passing legislation to codify the right to an abortion and allowing low-income women to get government-funded abortions – which Biden backed during his presidential campaign – face roadblocks in a closely divided Congress.
Biden’s promise to appoint federal judges who support the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing abortion rights is a long-term effort that may not be as successful as President Donald Trump’s judicial accomplishments.