Bishops ask Cura to stop distributing abortion information
Added on June 16, 200512:14 Thursday June 16th 2005
Ireland's Catholic bishops have asked the Church's pregnancy advice service Cura to stop distributing a leaflet that includes information on abortion.
The Positive Options leaflet is being distributed by all nine groups that receive funding from the Crisis Pregnancy Agency.
Earlier this year, some Cura volunteers raised concerns that the organisation was distributing information that conflicted with its anti-abortion stance.
The distribution of the leaflet is part of an agreement among groups that receive CPA funding, but the Catholic Bishops issued a statement today following a three-day conference calling on Cura to stop the practice.
The CPA has responded by requesting an urgent meeting with Cura management.