
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 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.
The court noted that other cases showed that permanent protections are warranted.
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.
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.
Attorneys reiterate their call for the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after a second appeals court ruled against the sisters’ exemption from the federal contraception mandate.
The settlement the University of Notre Dame won on behalf of itself and 70 other Catholic institutions could be imperiled.
Led by California and Pennsylvania, a number of states are challenging the Trump administration’s religious and moral exemptions from the federal contraceptive mandate.
Only a week earlier, the university had announced it would end contraceptive coverage Jan. 1.
Agreement states that plaintiffs would not be forced to provide health insurance coverage for ‘morally unacceptable’ products and procedures.
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