Courtesy of Catholic World News
The Archdiocese of Boston has withdrawn from a controversial state contract, just days before the contract would have taken effect. The archdiocese announced on June 26 that the Caritas Christi health agency would not go forward with plans to enter a partnership that would have provided a broad range of state-subsidized medical services, because of concerns about involvement in abortion and other immoral practices (I'm impressed!). Instead, the announcement indicated that Caritas Christi would "maintain its important role as a provider of health care to many enrolled" in the state program.
In March, Caritas Christi had joined with a Missouri-based secular business, the Centene Corporation, in a partnership that won a lucrative state contract to provide health-care services for low-income Massachusetts residents. Pro-life activists in the area vigorously protested, because the terms of the government contract explicitly required coverage for abortion, sterilization, and other procedures condemned by Church teaching.
Pro-lifers welcomed the archdiocesan decision. Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, remarked: "Cardinal O'Malley's reaffirmation of the faith, when it would have been all too easy to compromise, is a sign of the vitality of United States Catholics’ commitment to human life and personhood."
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