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Upcoming Webinar

Threats to the Life of People With Disabilities, Part 1:
Poor Prenatal Diagnosis of Lethal
or Non-lethal Conditions & Disability:

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern        12:00-1:30 p.m. Central
11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Mountain      10:00-11:30 a.m. Pacific

 Issues addressed include:

  • Examination of medical issues
  • Catholic Church teaching
  • Pastoral, family & medical support
  • Live Q & A
  • Real-time captioned

 

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Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform

Items related to the health care reform bill can be found below. The US Catholic Bishops posted concerns about the current bill to their website in a news release named
 
Archbishop Chaput of Denver issued an article entitled A Bad Bill and How We Got It in the Denver Catholic Register.
 
Other helpful resources regarding the health care reform bill can be found at http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/. 
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A Life Like Yours


This video was produced in collaboration with NCPD by the Archdiocese of Washington's Department of Life Issues and the Department of Special Needs Ministries. It premiered at the annual Youth Rally for Life in Washington, DC on January 22, 2010. We commend Peg Kolm, the video's producer, who is the Archdiocese's Coordinator in the Office of Ministry for Persons with Disabilities.

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