Health care is a human right
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Send to friendAs Congress to debates health care reform and media pundits analyze and dissect every statement and gesture made by legislators, it’s easy for the average Catholic to become confused about how the issue applies in our faith.
Our faith centers on the idea that God created each of us out of love and in His likeness so that we can serve Him by loving humanity. Loving humans means having mercy for them in their times of need, especially when sick or injured. This is why universal access to quality health care is so important.
First and foremost, any government-sponsored health care reform must respect the dignity of every human from conception to natural death. That is the foundation not only of our faith but of our government. This was made clear in 1776, when our first Congress approved the words: ”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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