"Major Christian and Jewish denominations and millions of Americans disagree with this position and support a woman’s right to make her own reproductive health decisions. This action by the House is an unacceptable denial of our constitutional right to live according to our own moral beliefs," Joan Lamunyon Sanford, of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, said in a statement released Monday.
Sanford said it was "appalling" that abortion was singled out for exclusion from the bill–through the efforts of the the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
