In 1976 , Gerety sent a letter to the Democratic National Convention to protest the party 's platform on abortion , which he described as " the bloody horror of the callous elimination of hundreds of thousands of God 's most defenseless little ones , our own flesh and blood . " That same year , he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on " U.S. Foreign Policy : A Critique from Catholic Tradition , " and in 1977 he represented the United States Catholic Conference before the House Ways and Means Committee to offer his view on President Jimmy Carter 's " Better Jobs and Income " proposal
Democratic National Convention
1976 Democratic National Convention
Peter Leo Gerety