US Healthcare Reform Bill Passes Key Vote

(21 Dec 09 - RV) Potential healthcare reform legislation has passed a key vote in the US Senate.Senators voted 60 to 40 to end debate on a compromise bill, which is likely to lead to a final vote on Christmas Eve. President Barack Obama has made healthcare reform his key domestic priority, but US Bishops are concerned about the treatment of abortion in the bill.Sister Mary Ann Walsh is Director of Media relations at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, she told us more...