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Why is HHS Contraception Order Still Standing? Trump Said it ‘Would Soon Be Over’

From USCCB president, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo – After meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office on May 4, I sat in the Rose Garden and listened as the president promised the Little Sisters of the Poor that their “long ordeal” with the government’s contraceptive mandate
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August 07, 2017
by Blue
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catholics, contraception, faith, health and human services, HHS Mandate, religious freedom, Religious Liberty, respect, right, USCCB

USCCB Comments on Medicare’s Proposed Rule on Advance Care Planning

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted comments on September 4 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The comments relate to a Proposed Rule to incorporate end-of-life decision making or “Advance Care Plannin
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September 09, 2015
by Hill
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advance directives, end of life, health and human services, health care advance directives, living will, medicare, patient self determination act, united states conference of catholic bishops, USCCB

Myths abound about HHS contraceptive mandate; here are the facts

Exaggerations and outright misrepresentations about the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate have been appearing in White House “fact sheets” and mainstream media. The Catholic News Service addresses some of the more frequently cited claims
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February 23, 2012
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contraception mandate, health and human services, HHS, HHS Ruling, religious freedom, Religious Liberty

TAKE ACTION: Conscience Rights Violated by Sweeping HHS Mandate

CLICK HERE TO CONTACT HHS AND CONGRESS In implementing the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the new health care reform law), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a rule requiring almost all private health plans to cover contraception a
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September 12, 2011
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health and human services, HHS, HR 1179, patient protection and affordable care act, Religious Liberty, S 1467

Tell Congress – Contraceptive Mandate Violates Religious Freedom

Religious freedom and rights of conscience are threatened by the recent “preventive services” mandate from the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requiring private health plans to cover female surgical sterilization and all drugs and devices approved by the FDA as c
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August 09, 2011
by Hill
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abortion, birth control, Congress, contraception, Department of Health and Human Services, health and human services, Health Care, health care reform, health insurance, healthcare, mandate, mandated contraception, mandates, patient protection and affordable care act, PPACA, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

HHS Mandate for Contraceptive & Abortifacient Drugs Violates Conscience Rights

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sharply criticized a new HHS “preventive services” mandate requiring private health plans to cover female surgical sterilization and all drugs and devices approved by the FDA as contraceptives, including drugs which can attac
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August 02, 2011
by Hill
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conscience, conscience protection, contraception, health and human services, health insurance, mandate, Obama, pro-life

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