Women's Health

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Columns and Commentary

• Staying the Course in the Fight Against AIDS, by Richard Doerflinger, Life Issues Forum, April 4, 2008
• Don't Destroy the AIDS Program, by Richard Doerflinger, Life Issues Forum, February 15, 2008

News Releases and Statements

• Catholic Bishops Welcome New Bill for Global HIV/AIDS Relief, March 3, 2008

Testimony and Letters

• Support the Substitute Amendment to S 2731, Letter to Senate, Most Rev. Thomas Wenski, July 7, 2008
• Concern Regarding the January 2008 Draft of Bill, Letter to House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Most Rev. Thomas Wenski, February 6, 2008

Mexico City Policy

Fact Sheets

• The Mexico City Policy (MCP): False Criticisms & the Facts, October 26, 2007
• Senator Boxer's Nepal Story: A Need for the Truth, October 11, 2007
• Fact Sheet: Mexico City Policy, 2001

Articles and Publications

• Moving Toward a Culture of Life, by Cathleen Cleaver, 2001 (En Español)
• Viva Mexico City!, Life Insight, January 2001
• Unto the Least of My Brethren: U.S. Population Control, by Stephen Mosher, 1998

Columns and Commentary

• The Mexico City Policy: Protecting the Most Fundamental Right, by Ryan Dwyer, Life Issues Forum, November 16, 2007
• Mexico City Reconsidered, by Susan Wills, Life Issues Forum, February 16, 2001

Testimony and Letters

• Letter to President-Elect Obama Regarding Executive Orders, by Cardinal George, January 16, 2009
• Support for the Kemp-Kasten Ammendment, Letter to Senate, Cardinal Justin Rigali, September 6, 2007
• Problems with the State/Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, Letter to House of Representatives, Cardinal Justin Rigali,  June 18, 2007
• The Importance of the Mexico City Policy, Testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cathleen Cleaver, July 19, 2001
• Support for the Hyde/Smith Motion, Letter to Congress, Rev. Msgr William Fay, May 7, 2001
• Oppose Efforts to Modify Mexico City Policy, Letter to House International Relations Committee, Rev. Msgr. William Fay, May 1, 2001
• Reject S. 367 and H.R. 755, Letter to Congress, Gail Quinn, April 18, 2001
• Mexico City Policy Opponents' False Charges, Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Bishop James McHugh, April 24, 1989

News Releases and Statements

• President Obama's Reversal of Mexico City Policy "Very Disappointing,"
  Says Pro-Life Committee Chair, January 23, 2009
• Bishops Urge New President to Keep Laws on Conscience Rights,
  Foreign Aid for Abortion, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, January 19, 2009
• U.S. Catholic Bishops' Pro-Life Secretariat to Congress: Support the Mexico City Policy, November 1, 2007 (En Español) (Ad printed in Roll Call, October 30 & 31, 2007)
• USCCB Official Commends Senate Vote Against Involvement in Coercive Abortion Programs; Decries Gutting of Mexico City Policy, September 7, 2007
• Cardinal Rigali Urges House to Preserve the Mexico City Policy, June 19, 2007

Amnesty International

Articles and Publications

• Urge Amnesty International to Rescind its New Abortion Policy, Life Insight, June/July 2007

Columns and Commentary

• Staying the Course in the Fight Against AIDS, by Richard M. Doerflinger, April 4, 2008
• Don't Destroy the AIDS Program, by Richard M. Doerflinger, February 15, 2008
• Amnesty International Sells Out, by Deirdre McQuade, Life Issues Forum, August 24, 2007

News Releases and Statements

• Catholic Bishops Decry Amnesty International Decision to Support Abortion, August 24, 2007, (Bishop's Statement)
• Catholic Bishops Urge Amnesty International to Restore Its Neutral Position on Abortion, July 2, 2007, (Bishop's Statement)
• U.S. Bishops' Spokeswoman Joins Rep. Chris Smith, Democrats for Life in Urging Amnesty International to Reject Pro-Abortion Stance, November 20, 2006
• U.S. Bishops Urge Amnesty International to Reject Abortion Initiative; Proposal Threatens to Divide Human Rights Advocates, September 15, 2006

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Articles and Publications

• Where Have All the Children Gone?, Life Insight, September/October 2004
• Very Bad News for the U.N. Population Fund, Life Insight, January/February 2003

Testimony and Letters

• Vote for the Smith/Oberstar/Hyde Amendment, Letter to Congress, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, July 10, 2003
• Thanks for UNFPA Decision, Letter to President George W. Bush, Bishop Wilton Gregory, July 23, 2002

News Releases and Statements

• Church Official Hails House Vote Against Coercive Abortion Programs, July 15, 2003