US archbishop welcomes 'Health Care Conscience Rights Act'

Mar 5th, 2013

Archbishop Lori

Archbishop William E Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the US Catholic Bishops Conference Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, has welcomed yesterday's the Health Care Conscience Rights Act introduced by Congresswoman Diane Black and 50 other House members.

He said in a statement:

"I am grateful to Congresswoman Black and other sponsors for their leadership today. I welcome the Health Care Conscience Rights Act and call for its swift passage into law. While federal laws are on the books protecting conscience rights in health care, this Act would make such protection truly effective. This overdue measure is especially needed in light of new challenges to conscience rights arising from the federal health care reform act."

In a February 15 letter, Archbishop Lori urged Congress to enact effective conscience and religious freedom protection provisions like those of HR 940 as part of 'must-pass' legislation for continued funding of federal programs.

The text of Archbishop Lori's letter is available at www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/upload/Letter-from-Archbishop-Lori-to-Congress.pdf

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