Recognizing the tremendous budget difficulties that lie ahead, Michigan Catholic Conference today announced that protecting statewide programs that benefit Michigan’s poor population will top its advocacy efforts during the 95th legislative session. The Conference will also lend its support to any legislation that limits and regulates the destruction of human embryos following the passage of Proposal 2 in November.
The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron, Bishop of the Diocese of Oakland and former auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, will soon become the fourth chairman of the Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors following an announcement from the Vatican today that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of His Eminence Adam Cardinal Maida, Archbishop of Detroit, and has appointed Archbishop-elect Vigneron as his successor.
According to Paul Long, Vice President for Public Policy: “Enshrining in the state constitution a measure that prohibits the legislature from enacting any oversight or accountability measures related to the destruction of human embryos has unsettling consequences for the future.”
Several advocacy organizations today collectively urged all 148 members of the Michigan Legislature to protect the state’s poor and vulnerable citizens from the effects of rate “deskewing” as part of the Legislature’s debate on House Bill 5524, measures which seek to restructure the state’s energy utilities market.
The following statement was released by Michigan Catholic Conference Vice President for Public Policy Paul A. Long after Governor Jennifer Granholm vetoed Senate Bill 776, legislation banning partial-birth abortion in Michigan.
Michigan Catholic Conference Vice President for Public Policy Paul A. Long made the following statement after the House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 776, legislation that would outlaw partial-birth abortion in the state, by a vote of 74-32.
Michigan Catholic Conference today issued to members of the Senate Energy Policy & Public Utilities Committee a letter regarding the package of energy bills recently adopted by the House of Representatives.
As the Senate Health Policy Committee addresses legislation today concerning contraceptive mandates, the Michigan Catholic Conference is urging lawmakers to uphold and respect the bedrock constitutional principle of religious freedom.
Michigan Catholic Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M., released the following statement regarding Michigan State Medical Society’s decision of May 4 to move its position on embryo destructive research from support to neutral.
