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Pro-life leaders sound alarm about Health Secretary nominee
Pro-life leaders and scholars are warning against the nomination of California’s attorney general to lead the Department of Health and... Read more
Becerra, Biden’s HHS pick, has shown ‘hostility to nonprofit institutions’, scholars argue
Conservative scholars argued this week that Xavier Becerra, president-elect Joe Biden’s pick for HHS secretary, has a history of “hostility... Read more
HHS resolves dispute over right to clergy in hospital
On Wednesday, the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it resolved a religious discrimination... Read more
Bishops hail medical conscience protection by Trump administration
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City praised the administration's actions as “concrete steps... Read more
Pro-life leaders react to Biden's 'extreme' HHS pick
Pro-life leaders have warned against Joe Biden’s “aggressively pro-abortion” pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. California... Read more
24 states sue to block rule allowing doctors to object to transgender surgery
Two dozen state attorneys general are joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to block a new rule that... Read more
Judge strikes down HHS rule on ‘abortion surcharge’ in health plan exchanges
A federal judge has struck down a rule from the Trump administration requiring greater transparency for health insurance plans within... Read more
HHS clarifies protections for coronavirus patients with disabilities
“In this time of emergency, the laudable goal of providing care quickly and efficiently must be guided by the fundamental... Read more
HHS delays new conscience rights protections
A rule to protect the conscience rights of medical professionals will be delayed until the end of November, the Department... Read more
After years of controversy, HHS reconsiders fetal tissue funding
Health researchers need alternatives to using fetal tissue, Department of Health and Human Services leaders have said after several years... Read more
Trump administration to revise exemptions to contraception mandate
The Trump administration is modifying religious exemptions and accommodations against mandatory employer health care coverage of contraception, after federal judges... Read more
Title X restrictions on Planned Parenthood a 'major victory'
Pro-life advocates lauded a federal government proposal that aims to remove Title X funding from programs and facilities that promote... Read more
New HHS department created to protect religious freedom
A new division at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will work to ensure the protection of... Read more
Bishops welcome efforts to defend unborn child of undocumented teen
Texas' bishops have welcomed the decision of an appeals court delaying the government-assisted procurement of an abortion by an undocumented... Read more
Government must allow abortion for undocumented teenager, judge rules
In a controversial decision, a U.S. district judge ruled that the government must facilitate an abortion for an undocumented teenager... Read more
Archbishop Lori: Religious liberty protections 'a victory for all Americans'
The chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty says that expanded religious liberty protections in the federal contraception... Read more
US bishops say draft religious freedom rule 'long overdue'
A draft federal rule from the Trump administration regarding the contraception mandate is “encouraging news” that could help return federal... Read more
Major pro-life advocate Charmaine Yoest appointed to key HHS role
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint prominent pro-life legislative activist Charmaine Yoest as the new assistant... Read more
New HHS official has strong background in religious freedom, civil rights
A new high-ranking official at the Department of Health and Human Services could give the agency a significant shift in... Read more
Why pro-lifers are calling this rule a gift to Planned Parenthood
States cannot keep federal grants away from Planned Parenthood clinics, the Obama administration ruled on Wednesday in a move that... Read more
