Policy & Advocacy
Letter to Congress on Retaining Pro-Life Laws (2009)
Letter from Cardinal Justin Rigali, Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities to Congress on Retaining Pro-Life Laws, February 5, 2009
Cardinal Rigali urges Congress to preserve longstanding pro-life provisions in federal appropriations laws and reject efforts to weaken or repeal protections against abortion funding or promotion.
The bishops emphasize a longstanding consensus that even amid disagreement over abortion legality, there has been broad agreement that taxpayers should not be forced to fund abortion and conscience rights should be protected. They warn that weakening these laws would undermine national unity, violate conscience, and increase abortion.