Conference and Committee statements of the Bishops of the United States:

Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (November 17, 2009)
A Pastoral Letter of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Statement for Respect Life Sunday (September 29, 2009)
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities

Letter about Health Care Reform (July 17, 2009) - PDF
Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development - Bishop William F. Murphy, Chairman

Carinal Justin Rigali,  chair of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the USCCB, writes to the House Appropriations Committee about Tax-funded Abortions in Washington, DC (June 30, 2009) - PDF

U.S. Bishops Express Support for Bishop D’arcy and His Pastoral Concern for the University of Notre Dame (June 22, 2009)

U.S. Bishops Express 'Profound Regret' About Shooting Death of Abortion Doctor (June 1, 2009)

Cardinal Rigali endorses the Pregnant Woman Support Act (April 27, 2009)

Letter to the 111th Congress
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Chairman, Committee for Pro-Life Activities, USCCB

USCCB: "reversal of Mexico City Policy is very disappointing" -- January 23, 2009

Letter to President-Elect Obama from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- January 13, 2009

Priests for Life welcomes Bishops’ Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell Research -- June 2008

Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility -- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 2007[PDF format]

The Treatment of the Abortion Issue by the United States Catholic Bishops from 1990 Through 2000 - By Fr. Mark Clarke, CMF

Cardinal Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Upholding Federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (April 18, 2007)

Married Love and the Gift of Life -- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 2006 [PDF Format]

"Happy are Those Who Are Called to His Supper:" On Preparation to Receive Christ Worthily in the Eucharist -- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 2006 [PDF Format]

Oral Report to the USCCB June 2006 Meeting: Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians -- Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Statement on Responsibilities of Catholics in Public Life (March 10, 2006)

A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death (2005) [PDF Format]

Pro-Life Excerpts from the National Directory for Catechesis

Catholics in Political Life (June 18, 2004)

Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility (October 2003)

A Matter of the Heart: A Statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (November 12, 2002)

Bishops issue revised Pastoral Plan for Prolife Activities (November, 2001)

Abortion and the Supreme Court: Advancing the Culture of Death (November 15, 2000)

Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities

"Catholics for a Free Choice" is Not Catholic, say Bishops (May 2000)

US Bishops' Statement: Faithful Citizenship (October 1999) | [tambien en español]

A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty (April 1999)

US Bishops' Statement: Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics (November 1998) | [tambien en español]

Sharing Catholic Social Teachings: Challenges and Directions

US Bishops' Statement on the 25th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade (1998)

Statement on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Veto - A Statement of Bishop Anthony Pilla, NCCB-USCC President (June, 1996)

US Bishops' Statement Faithful for Life (1995)

Political Responsibility- Proclaiming the Gospel of Life - Statement issued by the USCC (September, 1995)

US Bishops' Pastoral, Confronting a Culture of Violence (November 1994)

Statement of the Administrative Committee of the NCCB on "Catholics for a Free Choice"

Nutrition and Hydration- A Statement of the NCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities (April, 1992)

Putting Children and Families First - Statement issued by the USCC (November, 1991)

Cardinal Bernardin's Message for "Respect Life Sunday" in the U.S.A (October 1, 1989)

US Bishops' Resolution on Abortion (1989)

Statement on the Twentieth Anniversary of Humanae Vitae - US Bishops Committee for Prolife Activities, July 25, 1988

Testimony to Democratic and Republican Platform Committees -  USCC (May, 1988)

US Bishops' Pastoral Plan on Pro-life Activities: A Reaffirmation (1985)

Statement of the Committee on Doctrine (Nov 1984): Abortion and Free Choice

US Bishops on Capital Punishment (November, 1980)

Let the Little Children Come to Me - Statement issued by the USCC (November, 1976)

US Bishops Statement - Political Responsibility (May, 1976)

Testimony of the United States Catholic Conference on Constitutional Amendments Protecting Human Life before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Committee on the Judiciary, March 24, 1976

Political Responsibility - Statement issued by the USCC (February, 1976)

Resolution on Human Life Foundation- Statement issued by the NCCB (November, 1975)

Pastoral Plan for Pro-life Activities - Statement issued by the NCCB (November, 1975)

Resolution against Capital Punishment- A Resolution Passed by the USCC (November, 1974)

Testimony of United States Catholic Conference to the Sub-Committee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, March 7, 1974

Resolution on the Pro-life Constitutional Amendment - Issued by the NCCB (November, 1973)

Statement on the Anti-abortion Amendment - A Statement Issued by the Administrative Committee of the NCCB (September, 1973)

Pastoral Guidelines for the Catholic Hospital and Catholic Health Care Personnel (Ad hoc Committee on Pro-Life Activities, NCCB, April 11, 1973)

Pastoral Message on Abortion - Statement Issued by the NCCB (February, 1973)

Statement of the Committee for Pro-Life Affairs of the NCCB (January 24, 1973)

Statement on Abortion Issued by the President of the NCCB (January 22, 1973)

Declaration on Abortion - Statement Issued by the NCCB (November, 1970)

Statement on Abortion Issued by the NCCB (April, 1970)

Statement on Abortion Issued by the USCC (April, 1969)

Human Life in Our Day - A Statement Issued by the NCCB (November, 1968)

Statement on the Government and Birth Control Issued by the NCCB (November, 1966)

Collection of Documents on the right to life and abortion in the years immediately before and after Roe vs. Wade:

Documentation I and II

The National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors - links to statements, testimony, position papers, and other resources issued by State Catholic Conferences.

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