Posts Tagged ‘birth control’
Catholic TV Sues Obama over Contraceptive Mandate
A U.S. Roman Catholic television network said on Thursday it has filed suit in federal court to block President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives, while a Catholic Church leader and top Republicans stepped up their criticism of Obama. The rule, implemented on January 20, requires religious-oriented groups such as charities, hospitals and universities, but not churches, to provide coverage for birth control as other health insurance providers must do. The Catholic Church opposes most methods of birth control. via Catholic TV network sues to block U.S. contraception rule | Reuters. BREAKING: EWTN files lawsuit against Obama mandate | LifeSiteNews.com HANCEVILLE, Alabama, February 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Lawyers for the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) say that [...]
So much for religious liberty
If there were any doubt as to whether this administration is waging a war on religion, it should have disappeared by now The administration has ordered — without congressional input — that most health insurance plans cover preventive services for women, including recommended contraceptive services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance, or a deductible. That would include sterilization and emergency contraception, colloquially known as the morning after pill. The federal government — actually just one branch of the federal government — ordering private companies to offer services at a certain price goes beyond the pale of decency in a free society. By itself, such an order would merit strong backlash from the people. But it gets worse. The order forces religious [...]
On the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade Obama said, “I am committed to protecting this constitutional right.”
The President affirmed his commitment to Woman's Health and Reproductive Freedom. Both terms are misnomers as there has always been reproductive freedom in America. The problem is that some woman use Abortion as a birth control method. On this thirty-eighth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, One must reflect, do all humans have equal protection under the law in America? President Barack Obama on Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States, by affirming his commitment to reproductive rights. The controversial 1973 decision, Obama said in a statement, “protects women's health and reproductive freedom, and affirms a fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on private family [...]
