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Cardinal Tobin blesses immigration protest
Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, blessed a group of protesters on Wednesday, as a they demonstrated in front... Read more
HHS announces $2 billion to fight opioid addiction
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it will send almost $2 billion in grant funding to the states to fight the... Read more
Planned Parenthood to pull out of Title X program
The decision is set to take effect Aug. 19, the date by which funding recipients are required to make a... Read more
HHS delays enforcement of Title X Protect Life Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services has reportedly delayed enforcement of the new Protect Life Rule, which bars public... Read more
End 'hidden abortion surcharge' in Affordable Care Act, lawmakers tell HHS
Over 125 members of Congress and other pro-life leaders have asked the Trump administration to clarify how abortion coverage is... 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
Stronger conscience protections for doctors, nurses approved by HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a new rule allowing medical professionals to refuse to take part... Read more
Pro-life health care network gets a boost from federal HHS grant
Low-income individuals and families in California will be able to receive taxpayer-funded services from a Catholic-backed pro-life health care network,... Read more
National Institutes of Health to not renew contract over fetal tissue use
The National Institutes of Health will not renew a contract with the University of California San Francisco over concerns about... Read more
EWTN wins lawsuit over HHS contraception mandate
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th circuit issued an order Thursday vacating a 2014 District Court decision against the... Read more
Trump administration announces new conscience exemptions for contraceptive mandate
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor released two updated rules concerning conscience protections for organizations and... 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
HHS considers defining sex based on birth, genetics
The Trump administration is considering reshaping some federal policies to define gender according to a person’s biology and genitalia, according... Read more
Government cancels controversial FDA contract for aborted remains
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced the termination of a contract between the Food and Drug Administration... Read more
US Supreme Court throws out undocumented minor abortion ruling
On Monday the Supreme Court vacated an appellate court's decision from October which permitted an undocumented minor held in federal... 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
Notre Dame faculty, students to retain birth control coverage
A little more than a week after announcing it would end birth control coverage for employees and students, the University... Read more
Notre Dame to cut birth control coverage for faculty, students
The University of Notre Dame has announced to its employees and students that it plans to end birth control coverage... 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
House votes to allow states to deny funding to Planned Parenthood
The House voted Thursday to allow states to choose not to fund Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers with federal... Read more
