Austin, Texas, Sep 5, 2010 / 05:52 am
The Diocese of Austin, Texas, is organizing local resistance to a major health board's decision to provide $450,000 in annual funding for abortions in the state.
Austin Bishop Joe Vasquez recently wrote to board members of Central Health in Travis County, urging them to withdraw the funding and stating that they are “morally culpable” for their actions.
According to the Statesman newspaper, the boarded unanimously voted in December 2009 to renew a five year contract which funds three abortion providers in an effort to ensure coverage for the procedure to economically disadvantaged women.
In the letter to the board, Bishop Vasquez stated that “At the heart of our concern is this: Those who assist in the procurement of an abortion are morally culpable for their actions.”