<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>It's one thing for some bishops to have that view, it would be another thing entirely if the USCCB adopted it. They have huge power in Congress. It would transform the national discussion of Medicare for All overnight. <br></div><div><br></div><div>===</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Robert Reuel Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898 x1</span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 12:12 PM C G Estabrook <<a href="mailto:cgestabrook@gmail.com">cgestabrook@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">That is the position of many American Catholics (bishops included).<br>
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See <<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_life_ethic" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_life_ethic</a>> and<br>
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<<a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/voxnova/2019/06/12/a-pro-life-case-for-elizabeth-warren/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar&fbclid=IwAR1lHm0paVnIN6RT5zApVLoLIPGaL-S0v9XDjep96ZLlcRchGngGvpeXteQ#rOrIexaCSPm0qBDo.01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patheos.com/blogs/voxnova/2019/06/12/a-pro-life-case-for-elizabeth-warren/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar&fbclid=IwAR1lHm0paVnIN6RT5zApVLoLIPGaL-S0v9XDjep96ZLlcRchGngGvpeXteQ#rOrIexaCSPm0qBDo.01</a>><br>
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> On Jul 1, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> If life begins at conception, then denying a pregnant woman access to pre-natal care is child abuse. <br>
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> If the Catholic bishops came out for Medicare for All on these grounds, THAT would be a political revolution. <br>
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> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 11:38 AM C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I have a number of hesitations about Warren - but this may be accurate.<br>
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>> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/voxnova/2019/06/12/a-pro-life-case-for-elizabeth-warren/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar#M3Hcs1bMggCd3Il9.03" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patheos.com/blogs/voxnova/2019/06/12/a-pro-life-case-for-elizabeth-warren/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar#M3Hcs1bMggCd3Il9.03</a><br>
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>> I have a number of hesitations about Warren - but this may be accurate.<br>
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