He was approached by a representative from one of our elected officials and asked if he would support a bill that would exclude health insurance carriers from covering pre-existing conditions of adopted children.Read more at the Tribune's website here.
Knowing that this politician was “pro-life,” my parishioner pushed a bit, asking how that made sense. “So, you’re telling me that you support forcing someone in poverty to have a child, but then if that parent chooses to give the child up for adoption, you also support allowing a health insurance company not to cover any pre-existing conditions that child has.”
The representative paused for a moment and then said, “I suppose we hadn’t really thought about that.”
"Above all, the leader of the community must not show too great a concern for the fleeting and temporal things of this world, neglecting or treating lightly the welfare of those entrusted to him. Rather, he should keep in mind that he has undertaken the care of souls for whom he must give an account." ~ Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter 2
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wrestling with a Consistent Ethic of Life
My February 27, 2013, column for the Grand Haven Tribune, Wrestling with a Consistent Ethic of Life,
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