{"id":909,"date":"2009-11-09T07:11:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T07:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2009\/11\/catholic-bishops-play-important-role-in-passing-healthcare-bill-in-the-house.html"},"modified":"2009-11-09T07:11:31","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T07:11:31","slug":"catholic-bishops-play-important-role-in-passing-healthcare-bill-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2009\/11\/catholic-bishops-play-important-role-in-passing-healthcare-bill-in-the-house.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Bishops Play Important Role in Passing Healthcare Bill in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/obamaa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"obamaa.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/11\/obamaa-thumb-500x299-9263.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, it was the elimination of funds for elective abortions from the healthcare bill that finally satisfied conservative Democrats in the house, and got the healthcare bill passed. The persons perhaps most responsible for eliminating the logjam and getting the bill passed were Catholic bishops, long proponents of universal health care and of course equally strong opponents of abortion being seen as a form of health care. It remains to be seen what happens in the Senate, but something may well happen this week. <\/p>\n<p>Here is the story in the NY Times today.&nbsp; See what you think. &nbsp;  As for me, I am with the bishops on both points. BW3 <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/11\/09\/us\/politics\/09abortion.html?th&#038;emc=th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it turns out, it was the elimination of funds for elective abortions from the healthcare bill that finally satisfied conservative Democrats in the house, and got the healthcare bill passed. 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