Guest Voices: contraception


Posted at 07:00 PM ET, 08/02/2012

HHS mandate shouldn’t require leaving faith, values at home
By William E. Lori
At a time when the government is rightly trying to move toward universal health coverage, does it serve the public interest to tell some nonprofit and for-profit organizations that they must violate their deepest beliefs or drop their health coverage?

By William E. Lori  |  07:00 PM ET, 08/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Obamacare, HHS mandate, contraception mandate, Roman Catholic Church, the Most Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop Lori

Posted at 06:24 PM ET, 08/02/2012

HHS mandate: President Obama’s broken promise
By Ashley E. McGuire
The moment it went into effect, the nature of religious freedom in this country dramatically changed.

By Ashley E. McGuire  |  06:24 PM ET, 08/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  HHS mandate, contraception mandate, President Obama, Obamacare, Catholic Church, health-care law, Affordable Care Act

Posted at 10:58 AM ET, 03/23/2012

Why we’re standing up for religious freedom
By Mary Rose Somarriba
The federal government is still telling religious institutions to provide products and services they find objectionable.

By Mary Rose Somarriba  |  10:58 AM ET, 03/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  religious freedom, contraception, catholic church

Posted at 02:48 PM ET, 03/01/2012

All about Eve: The Christian roots of the GOP war on women
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
The Blunt amendment’s defeat is merely a skirmish in what looks to be a protracted struggle for women’s freedom and dignity in this country.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  02:48 PM ET, 03/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  contraception, women's rights, religious freedom, conscience

Posted at 02:04 PM ET, 02/22/2012

The faux birth control debate
By Becky Garrison
The Supreme Court has already decided that “any institution that can’t in good faith follow [standard] rules shouldn’t apply for public funding.”

By Becky Garrison  |  02:04 PM ET, 02/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  birth control, contraception, christianity

Posted at 09:22 PM ET, 02/16/2012

Women’s religious freedom violated: Photo of all male birth control witnesses tells the viral truth
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Don’t women have consciences? Don’t women have religious freedom too?

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  09:22 PM ET, 02/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  women, contraception

Posted at 01:52 PM ET, 01/27/2012

The Jesus mandate vs. Obama’s mandate
By William E. Lori
When people in need walk into a Catholic institution we serve them.  We serve our neighbor based on need, not creed.

By William E. Lori  |  01:52 PM ET, 01/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Catholics, contraception