The Obama Administration would have you believe that by op-posing the federal health care insurance mandate, the Catholic Church is opposed to woman’s health care. This could not be further from the truth! In fact, the Church is the largest private provider of health care for women and their children in the United States.

The Catholic Church strongly opposes the health care mandate, precisely, because it clearly violates our Freedom of Religion by requiring the church and its institutions, including hospitals, schools, and charitable organizations to pay for procedures that go against our moral convictions.

If this mandate carries through, it means devastation not only for the Catholic Church, but for other religions, as well.

Please contact the offices of your Federal Representatives and Federal Senators to express your opposition to the mandate. For addresses and phone numbers, please visit: www.ctcatholic.org or www.archdioceseofhartford.org.