President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP)
Forty-three Catholic institutions, including the University of Notre Dame and the Archdiocese of Washington, filed 12 separate lawsuits against the Department of Health and Human Services Monday over new regulations requiring them to cover “drugs and procedures in direct conflict with their religious beliefs.”
The full list of litigants is below:
1. D.D.C. Lawsuit
Consortium of Catholic Academies
Archbishop Carroll High School
The Catholic University of America
2. E.D.N.Y. Lawsuit
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
Catholic Charities of Rockville Centre
3. W.D.Pa. (Erie Div.) Lawsuit
4. W.D.Pa. (Pitt. Div.) Lawsuit
Catholic Charities of Diocese of Pittsburgh
Catholic Cemeteries Association of Diocese of Pittsburgh
5. N.D.Tex. (Dallas Div.) Lawsuit
Diocese of Dallas
6. N.D.Tex. (Fort Worth Div.) Lawsuit
7. S.D.Miss. (Gulfport Div.) Lawsuit
St. Joseph’s Catholic School
Catholic Social & Community Services Inc.
Resurrection Catholic School
Sacred Heart Catholic School
8. S.D. Ohio (Columbus Div.) Lawsuit
Franciscan University of Steubenville
9. N.D.Ind. (South Bend Div.) Lawsuit
10. N.D. Ind. (Fort Wayne Div.) Lawsuit
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend
11. N.D.Ill. Lawsuit
Catholic Charities of Springfield
12. E.D.Mo. (St. Louis Div.)
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