DESPITE ATTACKS, A.L.L. CALLS ON CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDEMN ‘OBAMACARE’
Washington, DC (03 August 2009) – American Life League president Judie Brown called on three of the top Catholic charitable organizations to condemn the Obama healthcare plan in the wake of an emerging scandal. Catholic Charities USA, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Catholic Health Association are urging their members to support “healthcare reform now,” i.e. current legislation that includes tax-subsidized abortion and rationed care for the sick and elderly. ALL was alerted to the scandal when supporters passed along an action alert issued jointly by Catholic Charities and the De Paul Society, in which they tell members and supporters, [W]e must maintain momentum for health care reform efforts with calls and emails supporting health care reform immediately. The groups that do not support health reform have been blanketing House members in opposition to any reform. Your members of Congress need to hear from you that you support health care reform, and that the system needs t...