Richard Doerflinger was Associate Director of

Pro-Life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in response to the lega ...

Activities at the United States Conference of

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s. He has been described as the USCCB's "point man on

abortion Abortion is the early termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. Abortions that occur without intervention are known as miscarriages or "spontaneous abortions", and occur in roughly 30–40% of all pregnan ...

" and "a major player in the health care debate," '' Mother Jones'' has called him "The Man Who Almost Killed Health Care Reform" for his co-authorship of the controversial Stupak Amendment. In 2008, the Gerald Health Foundation called him (one of the) "greatest heroes in the

pro-life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in response to the lega ...

movement."

References

External links

Biography on Kaiser Health News
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doerflinger, Richard American anti-abortion activists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)