New York City, N.Y., Mar 16, 2010 (CNA).- Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan says the use of federal money for abortion remains a “grave concern.” He has argued that abortion funding is a threat to universal health care because it excludes unborn children from its scope. Read More
 

Washington D.C., March 15 (CNA/EWTN News) .- In a statement Monday, Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the U.S. bishops are now opposing the current Senate health care bill because the cost "is too high" and "the loss too great" for it to be supported. Cardinal George also expressed concern with the Catholic Health Association's support the bill. Read More

- NCR - March 14, 2010 - Archbishop Chaput Challenges Catholic Health Association’s Stance on Reform
WASHINGTON — As health-care reform advocates make their final push to pass President Obama’s signature legislation, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput issued an urgent statement backing and restating the U.S. bishops’ opposition to the Senate bill’s language on abortion funding and implicitly challenged the Catholic Health Association’s apparent endorsement of the proposed legislation issued this past weekend. Read More

March 1, 2010 - At Houston Baptist University on March 1, Archbishop Chaput spoke about the vocation of Christians in America public life. The talk follows fifty years after Sen. John F. Kennedy, then the Democratic candidate for president, spoke to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy's "speech left a lasting mark on American politics," said archbishop. "It was sincere, compelling, articulate – and wrong. Not wrong about the patriotism of Catholics, but wrong about American history and very wrong about the role of religious faith in our nation’s life." (Read more)

Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2010 / 03:23 pm (CNA).- President Barack Obama’s Monday proposal of a revamp of health care legislation drew criticism but also cautious speculation from various pro-life leaders. While some criticized the proposal’s lack of abortion funding restrictions, one commentator from the U.S. bishops’ office suggested the president may want “further discussion” on the issue. Read More