conscience protection

So much for the HHS public comment process.
On the final day public comments were being accepted about proposed revisions to a hotly contested HHS rule, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told participants in a livestreamed propaganda presentation — err, healthcare…

A court last week ruled that the state of Illinois cannot force pharmacists to sell the morning-after pill against their consciences. It was a important win for health professionals.
This rule was particularly iniquitous. In 2005, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich…

Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from the USCCB Press Office:
Today the United States Supreme Court issued a decisionupholding as a tax the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires individuals to purchase a health…

Our many fellow Catholics now enchained for the Faith of our Fathers in such places as China, Syria, and Egypt are, as Father Faber’s hymn says, “in heart and conscience free.” But what happens when a government tries to chain…

Cardinal Demands Conscience Protection in Health Care Reform

by USCCB November 8, 2011

Congress should strengthen conscience protections for health care providers and ensure that health care reform measures do not impede religious liberty, said the U.S. bishops’ chairman of Pro-Life Activities on the eve of a hearing by the House Subcommittee on…

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