Abortion ruling spurs proposals
A coalition of religious leaders took on the Catholic Church, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Bush administration Tuesday with a plea to take religion out of healthcare in the United States.
They said the recent Supreme Court decision outlawing a type of abortion demonstrated that religious belief was interfering with personal rights and the U.S. healthcare system in general. The group, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, said it planned to submit its proposals to other church groups and to lobby Congress and state legislators.
“With the April 18 Supreme Court decision banning specific abortion procedures, concerns are being raised in religious communities about the ethics of denying these services,” the group said in a statement.
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