**PNI Signature Return Deadline: April 1, 2012!**
Bishops Vow to Fight Coercive HHS Mandate
CLICK HERE to write to Congress now !!
Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, president of the USCCB, sharply criticized the decision by the Obama administration in which it "ordered almost every employer and insurer in the country to provide sterilization and contraceptives, including some abortion-inducing drugs, in their health plans....Never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. This shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the Bill of Rights."
He urged Catholics and the public at large to speak out in protest. Watch his video & then take action today! For more information:
- Archbishop Gomez Column
- USCCB statetment on HHS Rule
- Video of Cardinal-Designate Dolan, President of the USCCB
- Catholic Relief Services' statement
- Catholic Charities USA's statement
- USCCB fact sheet
- TAKE ACTION!.
California Bishops Support Life and Family Initiatives
The bishops of California have endorsed two state initiatives before they qualify for the ballot.
- The Parental Notification Initiative (PNI) requires a doctor to notify parents 48 hours prior to an abortion being performed on their minor daughter.
- The SAFE California Initiative (SAFE) will replace the use of the death penalty for a capital crime with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Bishop Salvatore Cordileone is strongly encouraging every parish to participate in these to signature gathering campaigns.
