{"id":4170,"date":"2010-03-13T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/everybody-gets-covered-nobody-gets-deliberately-killed.html"},"modified":"2010-03-13T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T11:09:08","slug":"everybody-gets-covered-nobody-gets-deliberately-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/everybody-gets-covered-nobody-gets-deliberately-killed.html","title":{"rendered":"“Everybody gets covered. Nobody gets deliberately killed.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suspect most people in the pews have never heard of Richard Doerflinger. But he may be having a significant impact on their lives.<\/p>\n

From NPR: <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\"richarddoerflinger2.0.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Richard Doerflinger doesn’t look the part of a high-powered political strategist. Bearded and bespectacled, he works in a small, cluttered office out of one of Washington’s less fashionable neighborhoods, far from the lobbying bastions of K Street.<\/p>\n

Yet as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ point man on abortion, Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome.<\/p>\n

It was Doerflinger who orchestrated the bishops’ successful campaign late last year to add a tough anti-abortion provision to the House legislation. The Senate adopted less stringent language.<\/p>\n

Now, as President Barack Obama begins his last-ditch effort to pass final legislation, Doerflinger and his bosses are sending a clear message: If the Democrats want to succeed, they must include the House provision, or something equally restrictive, on abortion.<\/p>\n

“The Senate may have to figure out whether it wants its abortion position or if it wants a health care bill,” Doerflinger said in a recent interview. “That’s the difficult decision (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi made, and she chose a health care bill. The Senate decided it could have its cake and eat it, too. That is no longer true. Something’s going to have to give.”<\/p>\n

The bishops have supported universal health care coverage since the days of Woodrow Wilson. But that won’t stop them from opposing any bill lacking a strict ban on using federal funds to pay for abortions, Doerflinger warns.<\/p>\n

“We have a simple position,” he adds. “Everybody gets covered. Nobody gets deliberately killed.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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