As you know, H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act is expected to come up for a vote next week. As Chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo wrote to Members of Congress on January 20th, urging support for H.R. 358. While it concerns me that you have NOT yet joined Representative Joe Pitts [PA 16] and 144 of your other colleagues in becoming a co-sponsor, I hope and pray that you will indeed vote in favor of H.R. 358.
On May 31, Representative Renee Ellmers[ NC-2] introduced H.R. 2059, To prohibit funding to the United Nations Population Fund. As Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Howard Hubbard wrote on July 5th that
- "we seek to promote integral human development, reduce poverty, and improve stability in the world’s poorest countries and communities in morally appropriate ways....we strongly support restoring the Mexico City Policy against funding groups that perform or promote abortion, and denying funding to the U.N. Population Fund which supports a program of coerced abortion and involuntary sterilization in China. It is also important to preserve the Helms Amendment, prohibiting U.S. funding for abortion, and the Kemp-Kasten provision, prohibiting support of organizations involved in programs of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization."
Please join Representative Ellmers and 77 of your other colleagues and become a co-sponsor of H.R. 2059.
Sincerely,
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