According to a recent Pew study, 67% of American agree with the Obama administration’s HHS Contraceptive Mandate that employers should provide insurance coverage for birth control regardless of religious objections. <Here’s a link to this study on the Pew Research site> Response: Obviously religious freedom and liberty is considered by most Americans to be less […]
The current makeup of the US Supreme Court, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, now puts American religious liberty in jeopardy. The court voted not to hear an appeal of a Washington State law that forces pharmacists to dispense abortifacients regardless of religious conscience and convictions. Here’s the story from the Christian Post: The […]
From the Christian Post: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an extension for the use of abortion drug Mifeprex up to 70 days of pregnancy on Tuesday from a previous limit of 49 days despite possible health risks, including death. … Mifeprex was first approved by the FDA in 2000 when it was also […]
The judicial attacks on religious freedom continue. From Life News: A federal appeals court has ruled that the Obama administration can force a television network run by a Catholic nun to obey the HHS mandate, which compels religious groups to pay for abortion-causing drugs for their employees. … This mandate forces religious ministries like EWTN […]
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that pharmacists must serve the public with ‘emergency contraceptives’ (abortifacients) even if it is against their religious convictions and beliefs. Here’s the story from Reuters: The state of Washington can require a pharmacy to deliver medicine even if the pharmacy’s owner has a religious objection, a […]
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com): In a decision that could impact the unfolding debate over the HHS mandate, today a federal court in Washington state upheld the First Amendment rights of pharmacists to refuse to distribute potentially abortifacient contraception and abortion-inducing drugs, such as Plan B and Ella, if doing so would violate their […]
(Image via Wikipedia) There is a general perception that RU-486 is a safe do-it-your-self drug for inducing abortion. It was approved for use in the USA by the FDA in 2000. Since then 8 women have died using the pill in the United States along with over 200 hospitalizations. Now according to this report, over […]
