
Catholic Medical Association Challenges HHS Directive on ‘Emergency’ Abortions
Catholic health care treats two patients with every pregnancy, said Marie Hilliard, co-chair of the CMA's Ethics Committee. Abortion, she added, is not necessary.
Catholic health care treats two patients with every pregnancy, said Marie Hilliard, co-chair of the CMA's Ethics Committee. Abortion, she added, is not necessary.
The federal health agency’s new initiative names ‘abortion access’ as a top priority.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Religious exemption is on the chopping block under Xavier Becerra’s aggressive new plan.
In an EXCLUSIVE STORY the Register reported this week that the Health and Human Services Department is planning new rules to mandate healthcare providers to comply with abortion and gender-transition agendas, dismantling religious liberty exemptions. Register staff writer Peter Jesserer Smith has the scoop. And what are the takeaways from the U.S. Bishops’ fall assembly? Register National correspondent Lauretta Brown reports from Baltimore.
Recent court filings uncovered by the Catholic Benefits Association show HHS is working with activist groups to establish sweeping sex-discrimination regulations and dismantle the former Trump administration’s religious-liberty protections in health-care law.
A redefinition of sex discrimination in health care could have major repercussions.
Becket, a legal group which is representing a coalition of doctors and religious groups opposed to the transgender mandate, said on Monday that the HHS announcement will “punish” doctors and hospitals opposed to the mandate.
Experts weigh in on the conscience protections and abortion restrictions that are likely at risk under newly-confirmed HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Levine, a biological male who identifies as transgender female, is currently Pennsylvania’s health secretary.
At his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Becerra would not name a single abortion restriction that he supported.
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