US Bishops Press Obama Administration on Health Care Promises

(24 July 10 - RV) Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the Chairman of the US Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has welcomed a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services this week that declared federal funds will not be used to cover elective abortions in the new high-risk insurance policies being implemented in some states.

However, he told us that the bishops remain “gravely concerned” that some states plan to cover elective abortions with federal money by finding loopholes in the federal health care reform legislation...