Fight the new HHS attacks on Catholicism

[Thomas_Francis]

This is a petition to support a new bill in Congress called the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011.

President Obama and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sabelius, a Catholic, are working hard to ensure the people are not heard and this critical piece of legislation never reaches the President’s desk. On February 18, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services used its regulatory power to remove what was left of conscience rights for health care professionals. On August 1, 2011, they also issued orders requiring health plans to cover contraception and sterilization and on January 20, 2012 that rule became official.
We must speak out and protect the conscience rights of health care providers and professionals!

And a selection from the bill itself

(1) As Thomas Jefferson declared to New London Methodists in 1809, ‘[n]o provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority’.
(2) Jefferson’s statement expresses a conviction on respect for conscience that is deeply embedded in the history and traditions of our Nation and codified in numerous State and Federal laws, including laws on health care. …
‘(A) FOR HEALTH PLANS- A health plan shall not be considered to have failed to provide the essential health benefits package described in subsection (a) (or preventive health services described in section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act), to fail to be a qualified health plan, or to fail to fulfill any other requirement under this title on the basis that it declines to provide coverage of specific items or services because–
‘(i) providing coverage (or, in the case of a sponsor of a group health plan, paying for coverage) of such specific items or services is contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering the plan; or
‘(ii) such coverage (in the case of individual coverage) is contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of the purchaser or beneficiary of the coverage.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, we cannot stand idly by and let this atrocity continue. We MUST fight this.

 

[jonbhorton]

Contacted all 3 reps for my area with the simple form.

Easy, sneezy.

Now, for the arduous process of follow up and driving them crazy to the point they vote in our favor just to shut us up. Hey, it works for the libtards.

 

[Cyclophile]

Done and done… passed on to my KofC brothers…

Unfortunately, my list is Feinstein, Boxer and Matsui

 

[Nimzovik]

Ditto. I wonder if it is possible for the Protestants to get this…

 

[odile53]

Is there an actual form letter that I can print out, sign, and mail to my congressional representatives? That usually gets a lot more attention than e-petitions.

 

[jonbhorton]

Is there an actual form letter that I can print out, sign, and mail to my congressional representatives? That usually gets a lot more attention than e-petitions.

Fill it out E-style, and it will come up with the final letter(s). You can then copy and paste into a word document.

Below is the basic letter, feel free to edit as you please:

In our Bill of Rights, the First Amendment allows for the free exercise of religion.

Unfortunately, the Department of Health and Human Services is now forcing health care professionals and religious institutions into actions that violate their religious beliefs, and personal convictions.

The Obama administration has told our religious institutions they have one year to comply to begin providing coverage for services against their beliefs. As your constituent, I disagree with this policy.

I urge you to support the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act and please respond to me with your position on this important legislation.