I agree with Bishop Vasa; we do need healthcare reform to make it more accessible, but I would rather have no reform than to support a plan in which healthcare is controlled by the government, or one that funds abortion, which is NOT healthcare.A genuine need for more comprehensive health insurance coverage should not lead Catholics to join the push to pass President Obama's health care legislation, which is "fatally flawed" with respect to pro-life and other major issues, said Bishop Robert Vasa of the Baker, Ore. diocese.
Bishop Vasa weighed in on the push for health care reform in an email response to LifeSiteNews.com's (LSN) inquiry today.
"I think the pertinent question is asked by you: Should we therefore be openly opposing the bills, even if that means a delay in health care reform?" wrote Vasa. "It is my belief that these 'changes' need to be made 'as a condition for support' and that there ought to be no support for the reform at all unless and until these very critical matters involving the care of pre-born human life, are satisfactorily resolved.
"Without these changes (and significant changes in other medical, moral and conscience issues) the health care bill is fatally flawed and as such cannot be supported," said the bishop.
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