It will be the first abortion-related case heard by the court with Neil Gorsuch on the bench.

“There is no obligation to have recourse in all circumstances to every possible remedy” to keep a person alive.

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann beat Cardinal Blase Cupich, a proponent of the “consistent ethic of life” approach to pro-life issues.

In his remarks Nov. 13, the first day of the USCCB meeting, Cardinal Dolan, the committee chairman, said assisted suicide and abortion remain the focus of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.

Cardinal Parolin’s visit comes at a time when internal divisions among U.S. Catholics have become public.

“This is such a pro-family bill."