Conscience Rights and Obama
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:48 PM
President Obama at his July 2 meeting with Catholic journalists.
President Barack Obama promised to ensure “robust” conscience protections for medical personnel during his meeting last week with representatives of the Catholic press (including the Register’s publisher and editor in chief, Father Owen Kearns).
That sounds good, given that Catholics and other pro-life medical professionals deserve complete protection against any pressures to force them to... READ MORE
Filed under conscience protection, conscience rights
President to Catholic Press: On Conscience Protection
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:22 PM
We reported earlier on the president’s meeting with the Catholic press and his promise regarding conscience-clause protection. For his exact words on the subject, read on.
“I think that the only reason that my position may appear unclear is because it came in the wake of a last-minute, 11th-hour change in conscience clause provisions that were pushed forward by the previous administration that... READ MORE
Filed under catholic press, conscience, conscience protection, conscience rights, obama
‘We Oppose Plan B’
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:31 PM
Hartford Archbishop Henry Mansell and Conn. bishops Basil Losten and Michael Cote pray at Fr. Michael McGivney’s tomb Jan. 18.
Hartford, Conn., Archbishop Henry Mansell celebrated the Knights of Columbus Pro-Life Mass at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven today, and took on a Conn. plan to oppose President Bush’s pro-life conscience rule.
In his homily, he mentioned that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is leading an effort to force Catholic doctors to violate their consciences, even when it comes to... READ MORE
Filed under conscience rights, plan b
New Federal Conscience Rule
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, December 19, 2008 10:00 AM
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt
“The Bush administration, in its final days, has issued a federal rule reinforcing protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions and other procedures because of religious or moral objections.”
That’s how Associated Press describes the new conscience protection instituted yesterday by Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.
The new... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, conscience rights, health and human services, u.s. bishops
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