Communications Department
202.626.8825
mediarelations@nrlc.org
By Becket WASHINGTON – A federal court in Louisiana protected a group of Catholic ministries Monday from being forced to support employee abortions against their religious beliefs. In United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. EEOC, religious groups challenged a...
By Dave Andrusko Last year NRL News Today ran a series of stories about a St. Louis city ordinance which opponents decried as establishing St. Louis as an “Abortion Sanctuary City” (for example, here and here). A nonprofit maternity home, a Catholic elementary school,...
By Dave Andrusko As NRL News Today readers know, back in October the Department of Justice reached a long overdue settlement so “that plaintiffs would not be forced to provide health insurance coverage for ‘morally unacceptable’ products and procedures.” That was a...
By Faye Sonier Editor’s note. Dr. Gabel is Member of Council and Past President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He is the chair of the College’s policy working group which issued the draft “Professional Obligations and Human Rights”...
By Wesley J. Smith I told you this was coming. Now, Jerry Brown has decided to force two Catholic universities to cover abortion in their health insurance. From the San Francisco Chronicle story: Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has reversed an earlier...
Network Filing Appeal of US District Court Decision Irondale, AL – On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade of Mobile, Ala. issued an opinion that denied EWTN Global Catholic Network protection from the government mandate that it must provide...
By Dave Andrusko In a widely anticipated case, the Supreme Court this morning heard two challenges consolidated into one case that are contesting the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have...
By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal today ruled in favor of two Texas Baptist institutions--East Texas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University--which opposed the Obama mandate that compels employers to provide health coverage for...
By Dave Andrusko My apologies for being tardy in reporting on the decision of U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan to issue a permanent injunction in response to a lawsuit challenging the Obama mandate requiring employers to provide health coverage for drugs and...
By Dave Andrusko Earlier this week, we wrote about the Obama Administration’s dismal track record in court, defending its HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections....