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Results from Tag: 'conscience protection'
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![Father Sean Gough, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, England, faced criminal charges for praying for free speech outside an abortion clinic after business hours in violation of a strict buffer zone law in the English city of Birmingham. “I pray wherever I go, inside my head, for the people around me. How can it be a crime for a priest to pray?” he said in a Feb. 9, 2023, statement from the ADF UK legal group. Father Sean Gough, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, England, faced criminal charges for praying for free speech outside an abortion clinic after business hours in violation of a strict buffer zone law in the English city of Birmingham. “I pray wherever I go, inside my head, for the people around me. How can it be a crime for a priest to pray?” he said in a Feb. 9, 2023, statement from the ADF UK legal group.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230210110248_cd377f825ef735e4f4544f77c57b6b288e47c4b5f4de43838b4b0116f1e35c97.jpg)
Priest Charged for Praying for Free Speech in U.K. Abortion Facility ‘Buffer Zone’
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the charges against the priest but said the charges could be reinstated.
![First Liberty said on Friday that the announcement that CVS intended to distribute abortion pills would put even greater pressure on employees such as Strader. First Liberty said on Friday that the announcement that CVS intended to distribute abortion pills would put even greater pressure on employees such as Strader.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230117090120_d89f07eacac508cc05350805a2e7a7d569f8d1560bd931d667c1d30af2517b1a.jpg)
Lawsuit: CVS Wrongly Fired Christian Employee for Objections to Abortifacients, Contraception
At least two other nurse practitioners in Kansas and Virginia have filed federal lawsuits against CVS over the policy.
![Conscience rights of Catholic medical professionals are at stake. Conscience rights of Catholic medical professionals are at stake.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20220902050944_f7b2383472cadcb1b24a060bc0cc386332eff5431877911a163f90c18367d6e1.jpg)
The Catholic Stand Against HHS Mandates
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Franciscan Health Alliance, like the Little Sisters of the Poor, is defending itself in court against Obama-era, and now Biden-era, trampling of religious-liberty rights.
![A doctor holding baby and listening to him with a stethoscope A doctor holding baby and listening to him with a stethoscope](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20220120200116_94cbe31ef0905610c7bc34d6bad96ab898a6064f064b809f92bac3423ac76afd.jpg)
With HHS Battle Looming, New Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance Emerges
The new initiative is a united front, of trusted Catholic organizations with expertise in law, medicine, ethics and public policy, to renew Catholic health care and defend it against new dangers.
![A view of Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of the hospitals Mass General Brigham operates, is seen on March 7, 2020. Employees of the hospital corporation risk being fired Nov. 5 if they remain unvaccinated. A view of Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of the hospitals Mass General Brigham operates, is seen on March 7, 2020. Employees of the hospital corporation risk being fired Nov. 5 if they remain unvaccinated.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20211026231036_d84b1aef5cde6bc90cc2aa5606f2f5d547b22b1943e534b31d241ba13a9bcb6b.jpg)
Massachusetts Hospital Employees, Citing Religious Concerns to COVID Vaccines, Sue to Keep Their Jobs
Workers with Mass General Brigham risk firing for being unvaccinated.
![Conscience protections are key for Catholic health care and patient welfare. Conscience protections are key for Catholic health care and patient welfare.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20211005201028_5e059827cce104e0ae66dacf39fdb7cccafa0e07b53234a98d8f306c06dc6fde.jpg)
Hospitals’ Case for Conscience Protection
COMMENTARY: Should medical professionals be required to perform procedures that they disagree with, ethically, morally or due to religious reasons?
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House, Sept. 9. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House, Sept. 9.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20210910160912_613b681486c25620efd229fbjpeg.jpg)
Catholic Health Ministry Head Decries Federal Vaccine Mandate
Louis Brown, executive director of the Christ Medicus Foundation and former acting deputy director of the Civil Rights Division of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, said, “Coercing individuals into making a medical intervention is unjust.”
![More than 70% of eligible Coloradans have been vaccinated. More than 70% of eligible Coloradans have been vaccinated.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20210807190848_3316ee42e02d548b0b03cbe0977a0177848b9665f1b05a783ac8828db50d8af2.jpg)
Colorado Bishops Back Conscientious Exemption for Coronavirus Vaccines
The Catholic bishops in Colorado have emphasized the need to respect those with conscientious objections to the COVID-19 vaccines and have provided a template letter for any Catholics with objections to mandatory vaccination.
![To understand the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, we need to begin by understanding the nature of the human person as an integration of soul, mind, and body. To understand the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, we need to begin by understanding the nature of the human person as an integration of soul, mind, and body.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20210609210656_cf047a037f27fd8e0259fe927e904514b65f26d7f410e8eb9274a9866230e808.jpg)
A Catholic Prescription for a Healthy Doctor-Patient Relationship
COMMENTARY: When we see both the patient and the doctor as equally worthy of dignity and respect, while understanding that the role of the doctor is to serve the patient, we then have a solid foundation from which to build an ethical, life-affirming and economically sustainable health care system.