Abortion Restrictions

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The title of the article "Abortion Restrictions In House Bill Show Power of Organized Religion in Politics" by Dan Carter, discuss the Catholic Church successfully weaseled their abortion rights into the newly passed House health care bill. Carter states that this is not the first times that a religious organization has persuaded the lawmakers by using their power, money, and influence to merge their views into public policy. As many Democrats celebrated the passage of the health care reform bill, the win was bittersweet since Democratic Rep. Bart Stupack offered an amendment that blocks those who receive federal health care subsidies or sign up for the public option from receiving any coverage for elective abortions. This past summer, Catholic bishops had began writing the campaign threatening to pull support for any health care bill that allowed federal dollars to directly or indirectly be spent on selective abortions. For many years the Catholic Church has advocated for universal health care, and has become the Democratic Parties biggest allies on this issue, and their loss of support would be a major let down for the reform. But the Catholic Church is not the only religious organization in the recent years to use its power to change public policy. Religious groups have major influence in public policy since of the lawmakers are religious, or they use there power and money to persuaded people to be against the laws.