Obamacare
Judge rules required coverage of HIV prevention drug violates employer’s religious freedom
By Associated Press — September 7, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious beliefs and undercut the broader system that determines which preventive drugs are covered in the U.S. The ruling was handed down by Fort Worth-based U.S. District Judge […]
2020 has tested the heart and soul of America
By Thomas Reese — December 17, 2020
(RNS) — The year was horrible, but we who lived through it haven’t been perfect either. We must become better or we will be worse.
Notre Dame, contraception and a better conversation about sex
By Jacob Lupfer — November 15, 2017
(RNS) — In a surprising reversal, Notre Dame decided last week that allowing its health insurer to provide free contraceptives to female students and workers does not, after all, impinge on its religious liberty. So how sincere was the legal argument to begin with?
Notre Dame employees keeping free birth control coverage
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 7, 2017
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The university had fought the federal health care law's original mandate on religious grounds.
Notre Dame ends free contraceptive coverage for employees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 31, 2017
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame previously offered coverage through a third party, which allowed the university to meet the requirement while maintaining its religious opposition to contraceptives.
Critics: Trump’s religious exemption on birth control ignores science
By Lauren Markoe — October 11, 2017
(AP) — Although the regulations ultimately address matters of individual conscience and religious teaching, they also dive into medical research and scholarly studies on birth control.
Religious objection order gives broad leeway to employers to drop birth control coverage
By guest — October 6, 2017
(USA Today) — The new rules allow any employer or insurer to stop covering contraceptive services if it has religious beliefs or moral convictions against covering birth control.
Trump touts support from evangelicals, Putin friendship in Robertson interview
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 13, 2017
(RNS) The interview with the host of 'The 700 Club' comes as new evidence of possible collusion with the Russians to influence the 2016 election was released.
Analysis: Congregations can’t make up for proposed federal budget cuts
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 26, 2017
(RNS) Based on an analysis by Bread for the World, every religious congregation in the U.S. would have to raise an additional $714,000 every year for the next 10 years to make up for the 2018 budget cuts President Trump has proposed.
The ethics of health care explained: Am I my brother’s keeper?
By Tom Krattenmaker — March 15, 2017
(RNS) The individual mandate frames the never-resolved question that goes to the heart of our society’s idea of itself as a moral, Christian nation, or at least a Christian-influenced one. What obligation do we have to our fellow citizens?
Making America sick again
By Mark Silk — March 14, 2017
(RNS) The approach of the GOP health care bill has religious roots in the the Calvinist stream in American public life. But there are other traditions that would provide a very different version.
Catholic bishops urge Congress to preserve health care coverage
By David Gibson — January 18, 2017
(RNS) In a shift from past opposition, the hierarchy is warning the GOP-controlled Congress not to repeal Obamacare without providing a replacement that provides as much coverage.
Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 16, 2016
WASHINGTON — The justices unanimously sent the cases back to federal appeals courts in hopes that they can emerge with a way to honor the objections of religious nonprofit groups.
‘All or nothing’ Obamacare objections threaten religious liberty (COMMENTARY)
By Holly Hollman — March 21, 2016
(RNS) Religious liberty is often threatened by government indifference or oversight, but here it is endangered by exaggerated claims and overreaching.
Why Obamacare’s contraception mandate hurts minority religions (COMMENTARY)
By Frank Pavone — February 19, 2016
(RNS) If the government is allowed to determine the veracity of religious doctrines familiar to most everyone, what will happen to Americans whose beliefs are less known or understood?
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