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@HouseDemocrats stand united in defense of women's health freedom. Republicans want to criminalize contraception and basic forms of reproductive care—dragging our nation back to a dark, dangerous time. We must stop them. #ProtectRoe #ProtectWomensHealth
Overturning Roe v Wade would have catastrophic consequences for women across America.
Today, our community stood together to say with one voice: we will not back down.
We will continue fighting for the right of every woman to make her own healthcare decisions. #ProtectRoe
Across the country we are seeing Republican elected officials chomping at the bit to criminalize women's health freedom. We must all stand together this November to elect Democrats to ensure Roe v Wade is codified into law.
@RepJoeMorelle ·May 5
The consequences of overturning #RoeVWade are clear and they are grave. Not only would it threaten the lives of millions of women, it also sets a dangerous precedent.
@RepJoeMorelle ·May 4
Our worst fears have been confirmed: the Supreme Court intends to strip women of autonomy over their own bodies and roll back centuries of hard-fought progress in a single decision.
@RepJoeMorelle ·May 3
The Supreme Court's draft opinion on Roe v Wade is unconscionable. We cannot go back to a time where women are treated as second-class citizens.
I've always stood up to protect a woman's fundamental right to choose - which is why I'm proud to be endorsed by
@PPAct
. With the fate of Roe vs. Wade on the line, the fight to defend women’s healthcare rights is more important than ever. #ProtectRoe
From Catholic Accountability Project by CatholicVote Morelle got an F
Women's Health Protection Act (2021)
The Women’s Health Protection Act is one of the most extreme pieces of abortion legislation ever introduced. The bill would wipe out most state pro-life laws and make unlimited abortion until the moment of birth legal at the federal level. This vote was taken on September 24, 2021. Rep. Morelle voted YES.
Equality Act (2021)
The Equality Act is a deceptively named bill being pushed by the radical “LGBTQIA+” lobby. It would expand transgenderism even to the point of taking children away from parents who won’t agree to gender “transition” and decimate the religious freedom of Catholic churches, schools, and other institutions to teach the truth about sexuality and the family. This vote was taken on February 25, 2021. Rep. Morelle voted YES.
Equal Rights Amendment Revival (2021)
The resolution sought to revive the long-dead “Equal Rights Amendment”, which would add a right to abortion to the Constitution and eliminate legal protections long given to women, such as alimony and exemption from the draft. This vote was taken on March 17, 2021. Rep. Morelle voted YES.
The resolution sought to revive the long-dead “Equal Rights Amendment”, which would add a right to abortion to the Constitution and eliminate legal protections long given to women, such as alimony and exemption from the draft. This vote was taken on March 17, 2021. Rep. Morelle voted YES.
Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
June 18, 2021
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House of Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), and Brendan Boyle (PA-02) today led nearly 60 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in releasing a statement of principles. The statement documents how their faith influences them as lawmakers, making clear their commitment to the basic principles at the heart of Catholic social teaching and their bearing on policy. From increasing access to high quality education and health or reducing poverty, the document expresses the signers’ commitment to the dignity of life and their belief that government has moral purpose.
The statement and the list of signers can be found here and below.
As Catholic Democrats in Congress, we are proud to be part of the living Catholic tradition – a tradition that unfailingly promotes the common good, expresses a consistent moral framework for life, and highlights the need to provide a collective safety net to those individuals in society who are the most vulnerable. As legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives, we work every day to advance respect for life and the dignity of every human being. We believe that government has moral purpose.
We are committed to making real the basic principles that are at the heart of Catholic social teaching: helping the poor, disadvantaged, and the oppressed, protecting the least among us, and ensuring that all Americans of every faith are given meaningful opportunities to share in the blessings of this great country. That commitment is fulfilled in different ways by legislators but includes: reducing the rising rates of poverty, particularly child poverty; increasing access to education for all; pressing for access to universal health care; recognizing the dignity of all humans; and repairing long-standing racial and gender inequities in our society. Each of these issues challenges our obligations as Catholics to community and helping those in need.
We envision a world in which every child belongs to a loving family and agree with the Catholic Church about the value of human life. Each of us is committed to reducing the number of unintended pregnancies and creating an environment with policies that encourage pregnancies to be carried to term and provide resources to raise healthy and secure children. We believe this includes promoting alternatives to abortion, such as adoption, improving access to children's healthcare and child care, and creating a child benefit through the expanded and improved Child Tax Credit.
In all these issues, we seek the Church's guidance and assistance but believe also in the primacy of conscience. In recognizing the Church's role in providing moral leadership, we acknowledge and accept the tension that comes with being in disagreement with the Church in some areas. We recognize that no political party is perfectly in accord with all aspects of Church doctrine. This fact speaks to the secular nature of American democracy, not the devotion of our democratically elected leaders. Yet we believe we can speak to the fundamental issues that unite us as Catholics and lend our voices to changing the political debate – a debate that often fails to reflect and encompass the depth and complexity of these issues.
We also urge the Church to heed the words of Our Holy Father Pope Francis, who wrote in his Apostolic Exhortation, “The Joy of the Gospel,” that the Eucharist although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.” Further, the Holy Father extolls that clergy must act as facilitators of grace, not arbiters, because “the Church is not a tollhouse; it is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems.” As legislators, we too are charged with being facilitators of the Constitution which guarantees religious freedom for all Americans. In doing so, we guarantee our right to live our own lives as Catholics but also foster an America with a rich diversity of faiths.
We believe the separation of church and state allows for our faith to inform our public duties and best serve our constituents. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is central to the life of practicing Catholics, and the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory. No elected officials have been threatened with being denied the Eucharist as they support and have supported policies contrary to the Church teachings, including supporting the death penalty, separating migrant children from their parents, denying asylum to those seeking safety in the United States, limiting assistance for the hungry and food insecure, and denying rights and dignity to immigrants.
We solemnly urge you to not move forward and deny this most holy of all sacraments, the source and the summit of the whole work of the gospel over one issue. We remind you that the Second Vatican Council renewed emphasis on the Eucharist as the central focus, especially in the Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy: “For the liturgy, ‘through which the work of our redemption is accomplished,’ most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church.” To pursue a blanket denial of the Holy Eucharist to certain elected officials would indeed grieve the Holy Spirit and deny the evolution of that individual, a Christian person who is never perfect, but living in the struggle to get there.
As Catholic Democrats who embrace the vocation and mission of the laity as expressed by the late Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation, Christifideles Laici, we believe that the Church is the "people of God," called to be a moral force in the broadest sense. We believe the Church as a community is called to be in the vanguard of creating a more just America and world. And as such, we have a claim on the Church's bearing as it does on ours.
Rosa DeLauro, Sylvia Garcia, Brendan Boyle, ... Joe Morelle ...
The Susan B. Anthony List, on its National Pro-Life Scorecard, gives Morelle an F, declaring, "Congressman Morelle has consistently voted to eliminate or prevent protections for the unborn including to force taxpayers to pay for abortion domestically or internationally. Rep. Morelle has worked to federalize election laws, taking power away from the states and endangering transparency in fair and free elections.
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Nearly two months after the horrific Dobbs decision, women's reproductive rights continue to come under attack. Access to care is being banned and criminalized across the country. It's despicable.
I'll always stand up for your right to choose.
@RepJoeMorelle Aug 8
Healthcare decisions should be between a woman and her doctor—not decided by politicians or Supreme Court Justices. That’s why I helped pass legislation in the House to ensure access to reproductive care is federally protected. I'll always stand up for your right to choose.
Healthcare decisions should be between a woman and her doctor—not decided by politicians or Supreme Court Justices. That’s why I helped pass legislation in the House to ensure access to reproductive care is federally protected. I'll always stand up for your right to choose.
@RepJoeMorelle Jul 5
As the representative of a community with a rich history of fighting for women’s equality, I refuse to stand idly by while #SCOTUS guts women's rights. We must come together to #CodifyRoe.
As the representative of a community with a rich history of fighting for women’s equality, I refuse to stand idly by while #SCOTUS guts women's rights. We must come together to #CodifyRoe.
"Congressman Morelle has consistently voted to eliminate or prevent protections for the unborn including to force taxpayers to pay for abortion domestically or internationally. Rep. Morelle has worked to federalize election laws, taking power away from the states and endangering transparency in fair and free elections."
Pax et bonum
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