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Church was the chairman of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] from 1979 to 1981. He was an opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], though he had been a supporter early on.

Church was the chairman of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] from 1979 to 1981. He was an opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], though he had been a supporter early on.

===Later career===

===Later career===

Church sponsored a "conscience clause" that prohibited the government from requiring church-affiliated hospitals to perform abortions.<ref>[https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL34703.html The History and Effect of Abortion Conscience Clause Laws]</ref> Regarding the clause to the Church Amendment, he said, "It clears up any ambiguity in the present law by making it explicitly clear that it is not the intention of Congress to mandate religious hospitals to perform operations that are contrary to deeply held religious beliefs."

Church sponsored a "conscience clause" that prohibited the government from requiring church-affiliated hospitals to perform abortions.<ref>[https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL34703.html The History and Effect of Abortion Conscience Clause Laws]</ref> Regarding the clause to the Church Amendment, he said, "It clears up any ambiguity in the present law by making it explicitly clear that it is not the intention of Congress to mandate religious hospitals to perform operations that are contrary to deeply held religious beliefs."<ref>

He ran for president in 1976, but withdrew early from the race in support of [[Jimmy Carter]].

He ran for president in 1976, but withdrew early from the race in support of [[Jimmy Carter]].