The Future of the Family at Stake By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, MARCH 23, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Whether or not to legalize same-sex “marriage” continues to be a hotly debated topic. “The essential question is not whether we are going to introduce same-sex civil marriage but how,” said British Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone to the [...]
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The HHS Mandate
Apr 2
An Academic Look at the HHS Mandate Political Science Professors Consider Broader Implications By Ann Schneible WASHINGTON D.C., MARCH 14, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Under the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services Mandate, Catholic institutions throughout the United States are facing the possibility of having to either fund medical procedures which go against fundamental teachings of the [...]
Narrow Defeat for Blunt Amendment WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. Senate voted by a narrow 51-48 margin to block the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (S. 1467), sponsored by Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) and 37 other senators. The proposed measure would have given employers and insurers the possibility to opt out [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:32 PM By: Martin Gould Catholic bishops ratcheted up the pressure on President Barack Obama’s birth control mandate on Tuesday, calling for the faithful to protest plans to force employers to provide contraceptives in their health insurance plans. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who heads the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, [...]
By Louie Verrecchio * The big Catholic news item in the United States these days centers around the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate requiring nearly all employers to offer health insurance plans that provide zero-deductible coverage for “preventative services” like sterilization and contraception, including drugs that cause abortion. When the mandate was [...]