Archbishop Gomez, 7 committee chairmen warn against abortion funding in Covid relief bill (USCCB)

“For 45 years, the United States Congress – whether controlled by Democrats or Republicans – has maintained that taxpayers should not be forced against their conscience to pay for abortions,” the bishops said in their March 5 statement. “Abandoning this compromise in a time of national emergency only serves to divide people in the very moment we should be united.”