Obamacare Mandate (Contraception)

Trump rolls back Obamacare birth control mandate

By Brianna Ehley (Politico) (October 6, 2017 11:27 AM EDT) The Trump administration will allow virtually any employer to claim a religious or moral objection to Obamacare's birth control coverage mandate under a sweeping rollback announced Friday. The new policy, which takes effect... read more

Groups: Justice court filings defy Trump promises on religious freedom

BY JOHN SOLOMON - 08/23/17 With national television cameras rolling, President Trump surrounded himself in the Rose Garden this spring with faith leaders as he signed an executive order protecting Catholic employers from Obamacare’s birth control mandate and protecting clergy from IRS... read more

Trump set to end Obama’s rule requiring employers to pay for abortion: report

By Fr. Mark Hodges WASHINGTON, D.C., August 17, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump is about to eliminate what pro-lifers call the most offensive portion in Obamacare. The Journal says the Trump administration is “poised” to issue an executive... read more

Trump to Little Sisters of the Poor: “Your Long Ordeal is Over” But is it?

By  Steve Skojec It has arguably been the most high-profile Catholic news item in the United States for years. The Little Sisters of the Poor became the poster children in the fight over over religious freedom in America during the Obama administration and the roll out of the so-called... read more

House Passes Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz

NATIONAL,  STEVEN ERTELT,  MAY 4, 2017,  WASHINGTON, DC House Republicans voted today to approve a bill that would defund to Planned Parenthood abortion business. This was the second attempt to get enough votes on the reconciliation bill that would not only defund the nation’s biggest... read more

Base to Trump: Break a Reg!

By Tony Perkins, Family Research Council, April 26, 2017 Moving into the White House is the easy part. Moving out the old administration's policies is something else altogether. President Trump is finding that out the hard way, as his team tackles mess after mess left behind by Barack Obama.... read more

The Election, the Church, and Notre Dame, Chapter One

By William Dempsey, Sycamore Trust, January 23, 2017 The election of Donald Trump rather than Hillary Clinton improves the landscape on a number of issues important to the Church and Notre Dame. NOTRE DAME, IN — In this bulletin we discuss how the election of Donald Trump may affect the... read more

U.S. judge blocks transgender, abortion-related Obamacare protections

By Steve Gorman A federal judge in Texas on Saturday issued a court order barring enforcement of an Obama administration policy seeking to extend anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act to transgender health and abortion-related services. The decision sides with Texas,... read more

President Obama’s Sex-Driven War on Science

by  Gerard V. Bradley, August 2nd, 2016 President Obama has sacrificed the well-being of our nation’s youth on the altar of ideology. Barack Obama made headlines during his first months in office by loudly “reversing” several Bush administration policies. The new president announced... read more

Alas, the Little Sisters Are Not Going to Jail

By AUSTIN RUSE, MAY 20, 2016 A few weeks ago I gave a talk in Omaha called “No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic.” In the talk I argue that it is the finest time to be a faithful Catholic not in spite of all manifold and manifest troubles we face today, but precisely because of them. I... read more

SUPREME COURT WIN (for now) FOR THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR!

By Life Legal Defense Foundation, May 16, 2016 The Supreme Court on Monday sent the Little Sisters of the Poor case back to the lower courts to revisit the contraceptive drug mandate under the Affordable Care Act. The Little Sisters had been threatened with millions of dollars in fines for... read more