Should health care reform pass, it seems, from what some are saying, that pregnant women across the country will be running out to get abortions. It will be as if abortion became legal all over again!

The biggest issue at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering has been promoting the right to and dignity of life (and it always has been, as far as I can tell). Life is central to all the issues discussed this week from the environment to international assistance to, of course, health care reform. 

This morning many gathered for a strategy session that yielded a great deal of good about seeking the common good in the promotion the life and dignity of the human persons.

There's an interesting debate about religion and health care insurance reform that has nothing to do with abortion, sort of.

A small town NY paper is reporting that the Amish have an exception from purchasing health care. According to the Watertown Daily Times, the Amish "generally rely upon a community ethic that disdains government assistance. Families rely upon one another, and communities pitch in to help neighbors pay health care expenses."