Pages tagged "Poor and Vulnerable"
The Catholic Spirit: The Nitty-Gritty of Surrogacy Arrangements
(September 7, 2016 – The Catholic Spirit – Bridget Ryder) When plans change, parties become at odds with financial responsibilities, well...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Surrogacy touches abortion, children's rights
Feminists, children of surrogate mothers and biomedical ethicists united to send a clear message to a Minnesota State Legislature commiss...
Continue reading…Citizen Magazine: Open Season: Global surrogacy markets are shutting down, putting American women at risk
(June/July 2016 – Citizen Magazine – Daniel Weiss) Read the Article
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: MCC: Surrogacy commission, drug sentencing reform among legislative wins
(May 27, 2016 – The Catholic Spirit – Maria Wiering) The establishment of a surrogacy commission, passage of drug sentencing reform legis...
Continue reading…Letter from Jason Adkins to legislators regarding drug sentencing reform
Dear Legislator: The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, writes to express suppor...
Continue reading…Letter from Jason Adkins to Senate Tax Committee regarding internet sports gambling
Dear Senate Tax Committee Member: The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, writes ...
Continue reading…‘The Joy of Love’ and family policy
In his recently released exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis affirms the family as the foundational unit of ...
Continue reading…Testimony from Kathryn Mollen, supporting Drug Sentencing Reform (SF 3481, Latz)
Testimony of Ms. Kathryn Mollen, Policy and Outreach Coordinator Senate Judiciary Committee April 8, 2016 Drug Sentencing Reform: S.F. 34...
Continue reading…Minnesota’s budget: Finding the right ‘measure’
One of the main debates at the State Capitol this year centers on what to do with a projected $900 million budget surplus, the result of ...
Continue reading…Failure of all-or-nothing politics
Even someone as accustomed to political victory as Otto von Bismarck said that “[p]olitics is the art of the possible, the attainable — t...
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