23 Oct 2011

US Bishops Are Behind the 'Let Women Die' Act and the Push Against Birth Control

The first bishop in the US is indicted for child sex-abuse cover-up; meanwhile, his colleagues push for laws that will intrude on our sexual freedom.

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Last week, the House's passage of the now-notorious H.R. 358 -- also known as the "Let Women Die" bill -- caused deserved outrage. But the bill's connection to the high-ranking Catholic group that fought for its passage, even while the American church is fighting a horrific new sex abuse scandal, hasn't been given the attention it deserves.

The new bill (which the president has vowed to veto) would essentially obliterate abortion coverage by both public and private insurers, and most egregiously get hospitals off the hook for refusing to perform abortions for women whose lives are in immediate danger.

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