Richard Doerflinger was Associate Director of
Pro-Life Activities at the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops. He has been described as the USCCB's "point man on
abortion" and "a major player in the health care debate,"
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Mother Jones'' has called him "The Man Who Almost Killed Health Care Reform" for his co-authorship of the controversial
Stupak Amendment The Stupak–Pitts Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2010 (AHCAA). It was submitted by Representatives Bart Stupak (Democrat of Michigan) and Joseph R. Pitts (Republican of Pennsylvania). Its stated ...
. In 2008, the Gerald Health Foundation called him (one of the) "greatest heroes in the
pro-life movement."
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References
External links
Biography on Kaiser Health News
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American anti-abortion activists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)