HHS Launches New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within the Department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR).
Trump Administration Takes Steps to Protect Religious Liberty
The Trump Administration took steps to protect religious liberty through conscience protection from the HHS contraceptives mandate and new DOJ guidance.
Draft Rule Will Expand Religious Liberty Protections In Birth Control Mandate
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services drafted a rule that would expand religious liberty protections under Obamacare’s birth control mandate.
Shane Vander Hart: President Barack Obama will allow boys in girls’ locker rooms at school, force hospitals to provide abortions, and change who gets overtime by rule, not law.
Arkansas is the 4th state to defund Planned Parenthood. Governor Asa Hutchinson ordered the Department of Human Services to cancel their Medicaid contracts.
New Rules for HHS Contraceptives Mandate Excludes Hobby Lobby
Proposed rules announced by Kathleen Sebelius for the HHS contraceptives mandate brodens definition of “religious employer, but excludes companies owned by people of faith.