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from a CATHOLIC perspective

      WASHINGTON D.C., 13 (NE) "There are those in the state of New York trying very, very hard to insist, to demand that either we reject our principles or we will be driven out of business," Cardinal John O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, pointed out this week in a press conference held in Albany. Throughout the conference the American Cardinal denounced the pressures that pro-abortion groups are exercising against Catholic hospitals.

      In view of this situation, generated by the merging of a non-Catholic hospital that performs abortions into a Catholic hospital that doesn't, the Cardinal urged to firmly maintain the moral principles of the Church in all medical matters. "We will fight against any efforts to try to emasculate the integrity of our approach to the human person," affirmed the Archbishop.

      The New York Cardinal held a meeting with the state governor in order to present the priorities in the agenda of the State Catholic Conference, which include other legislative proposals in favor of life.