Reverence For Life

Reverence For Life

We support policies and services that assist pregnant women to make life-affirming choices. We advocate for restrictions on the practice and public funding of abortion. We support stem cell research that does not destroy or clone human embryos. We support patient-focused, quality end-of-life care and oppose legalizing assisted suicide. We oppose the use of the death penalty.

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March 22, 2022

Newsom Signs Bill to Remove Abortion Co-Pays

California has officially removed cost-sharing for all abortion services in California.

March 3, 2022

LA Times: More California nurse practitioners could work independently, offer abortions under new bill

California would allow nurse practitioners to more easily work independently of a doctor and perform abortions under legislation that expands reproductive care as other states move to restrict access.

August 2, 2018

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Catechism: Death Penalty "Inadmissible" as Attack on Human Dignity

The following statement is from Edward “Ned” Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference of Bishops, on the news today that Pope Francis has directed that the Catechism of the Catholic Church now teach that the death pena

August 1, 2018

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Partnership Aims to Transform How Catholic Health Care, Parishes Care for the Sick and Dying

The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), the Catholic bishops of California, Providence St.

June 26, 2018

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California Catholic Conference Applauds US Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Free Speech Rights of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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June 7, 2018

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Conference to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae

Next month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant papal encyclical letters in recent history – Humanae Vitae – which was issued by Blessed Pope Paul VI on July 25, 1968. 

May 16, 2018

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End-of-Life Option Act Unconstitutional

The following statement is from Edward ‘Ned” Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, on the ruling by a Riverside Superior Court judge that the End-of-Life Options Act is unconstitutional:

February 7, 2018

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Bishop Soto: Mass of Reparation Homily

Bishop Jaime Soto, from the Diocese of Sacramento and president of the California Catholic Conference, delivered this homily during the Mass of Reparation on January 22, 2018, the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:

January 24, 2018

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Questions Raised About State Data, Safeguards in Assisted-Suicide Law

Organizations opposed to physician-assisted suicide responded to an Assembly hearing held today which was called to evaluate implemention of assisted-suicide by doctors in California but instead appeared to be more a call for expansion of the

January 22, 2018

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Author of Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill to Chair Committee Review of Law’s Impact

Although physician-assisted suicide became legal in California in 2016, its advocates continue pushing to embed it deeply into the structure of California’s health care policies, to broaden its reach to non-terminal patients and to expand the cont

January 2, 2018

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Legislation Requiring CA Public Univesities to Provide Medicinal Abortions Returns

A highly controversial bill that would require California public colleges to provide abortion-inducing medication to students is returning to the Legislature in 2018. SB 320 (Leyva, D-Chino) was introduced last year but stalled in the Senate Educ

November 2, 2017

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Assisted Suicide Legalization Failing Across Nation

Since the California Legislature rushed into law the authority for doctors to provide lethal drug prescriptions to sick Californians, proponents hoped it would create a cascading effect in other states and jurisdictions. It has not.

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