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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists in the Oval Office at the White House on March 24 after the American Health Care Act was pulled before a vote. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters) 
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Catholic News Service
The committee chairmen also said that withdrawal of the bill "must not end our nation's efforts to improve health care."
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Sister Carol Keehan condemned the G.O.P.-sponsored health care plan, calling the measure “anti-life” and citing concerns over how the measure would affect pregnant women and young mothers.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“This bill is catastrophic for Catholic social teaching and particularly for the people who we’re called to serve,” Sister Carol Keehan said.
Representatives of Catholic Medical Mission Board and Living Mercy Health join members of the family of the late Bishop Joseph Sullivan and Berndardito Auza, apostolic nuncio to the United Nations, for dedication of Bishop Joseph R. Sullivan Hospital in Cotes de Fer, Haiti, on March 21, 2017.
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Associated Press
The new hospital opened in a remote section of southern Haiti where residents once had to travel for hours on rutted roads to reach a relatively well equipped medical center.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., right, speaks at a news conference following a GOP party conference at the Capitol, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Regarding access for those most in need, the AHCA includes changes which place many people at significant risk,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane wrote.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. talks about the American Health Care Act during a March 8 news conference in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
The American Health Care Act seriously tests many principles of Catholic social teaching.