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Federal Issues, 4/7/18 update
"As the respective chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth, and the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, we write in strong support of your bill, H.R. 2028, the Healthy Relationships Act of 2017" (Archbishop Chaput and Bishop Conley, 10/4/17).
U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference Chairmen Urge Support for the ‘First Amendment Defense Act’ (USCCB, 3/14/18)
USCCB's and CRS' Catholics Confront Global Poverty / Action Center
USCCB's Justice for Immigrants' Action Alerts
[We
can ensure safety for impoverished people and refugees, as well as
their host communities. As our noble efforts at assistance
must not be hijacked, this blogger believes that our communications MUST
specifically state that contraceptives/abortifacients MUST be excluded from "assistance."]
Pa Catholic Conference's Current Alerts
(one federal)
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
- "H.R. 1865 was a legislative package that combined the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)...with an amendment incorporating reforms contained in S. 1693 the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA)....The legislative duo takes
direct aim at websites that facilitate and profit from prostitution and
sex trafficking by amending both the Communications Decency Act and
Mann Act” (NCOSE, 3/23/18). This bill still needs to be signed into law by the president.
Previous Action Alerts....
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