Thursday, August 09, 2012

Obama Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate Faces September Court Date | LifeNews.com

The following excerpts are from LifeNews.com:
  • Before the November elections, pro-life advocates could have a result in one of the dozens of lawsuits taking on the Obama HHS mandate that forces religious employers to pay for abortion-causing drugs for their employees.
  • Federal District Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan has set the date of September 26 to hear oral arguments on whether the federal government should be enjoined from enforcing the HHS Mandate. The hearing will take place at the U.S. Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan.
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Gingrich on Sebelius: 'She Is Waging War on The Catholic Church’ | CNSNews.com

The following excerpts are from CNSNews.com:
  • Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Wednesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was “waging war on the Catholic Church”--an apparent reference to the Obamacare regulation she finalized earlier this year that requires nearly all health-care plans to offer sterilizations, contraceptives, and abortion-inducing drugs free of charge.
  • “This secretary of HHS is a radical. She is waging war on the Catholic Church. She’s adopted radical positions on a range of issues,” Gingrich said during a conference call on Wednesday.
  • Gingrich made his remarks while discussing the HHS decision to grant waivers to the work requirements for welfare.
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Gingrich on Sebelius: 'She Is Waging War on The Catholic Church’ | CNSNews.com

Pax Christi, Call to Action chapters plan to oppose diocese, back HHS mandate in court : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:
  • Call to Action Pennsylvania, Catholics for Social Justice, Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi and the Association of Pittsburgh Priests are seeking permission from a judge to file a friend-of-the-court brief in defense of the HHS mandate.
  • The four organizations criticized the Diocese of Erie, which has filed suit to overturn the mandate, for “join[ing] the attack on an important legislative effort to provide universal health care -- a vital human right that Church teaching has supported for decades as a natural right possessed by all people as a matter of social justice.”
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Pax Christi, Call to Action chapters plan to oppose diocese, back HHS mandate in court : News Headlines - Catholic Culture