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ACLU Insists Catholic Groups Should Fund Illegals' Abortions
The New American ^ | 23 April 2015 | Raven Clabough

Posted on 04/23/2015 4:15:10 PM PDT by detective

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the federal government in an effort to force religious organizations to provide abortions and contraception to illegal immigrants. Fox News reports that the lawsuit seeks to obtain government records regarding the reproductive healthcare policies for illegal immigrant children that are currently in the care of federally funded Catholic groups. Depending on the content of those documents, the ACLU said it could take further legal action.

“We have heard reports that Catholic bishops are prohibiting Catholic charities from allowing teens in their care to access critical services like contraception and abortion — even if the teenager has been raped on her journey to the United States or in a detention facility,” said ACLU staff attorney Brigitte Amiri.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; aclu; catholics
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To: detective

This group is disgusting that they use American in their name. They are anything but American.......


21 posted on 04/23/2015 8:03:39 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: detective

Illegals with illegal pregnancies?

Funny how also the left never attacked Obama for being a dead beat husband for wishing the tax payers to pay his wife a salary instead...


22 posted on 04/23/2015 8:42:14 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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This is why churches shouldn’t accept government funding.


23 posted on 04/23/2015 9:29:48 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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