A panel at the conference titled “Pro-Worker, Pro-Woman, Pro-Family: Advocating for Policies that Build a Truly Pro-Life Society” explored ways the church could respond to the decision in a holistic way.
Affordable child care key component of post-Roe response, advocates say
USCCB’s Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families
“”This unique moment necessitates a society and an economy that supports marriages, families and women,” Archbishop Coakley said.
Congress urged to ‘seize hopeful moment,’ vote to protect life, common good
Several bishops said Congress has taken no action since Dobbs on measures the USCCB has previously endorsed and continues to support, including the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act, and an expanded child tax credit.
House passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act called ‘huge win for women’
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed with a bipartisan vote by the House Sept. 17, 2020.