Nobody seriously believed he was ever going follow his own executive order. it was supposed to give political cover to the likes of Bart Stupak but as the next election showed voter were a lot smarter than they thought.He would be wise to follow his own executive order.
Issa should have been all over it. Violation of Hyde Amendment and executive orders seem to be more serious than some of the bogus issues he comes up with. This is still supposed to be a government of checks and balances.Nobody seriously believed he was ever going follow his own executive order. it was supposed to give political cover to the likes of Bart Stupak but as the next election showed voter were a lot smarter than they thought.
Catholics Pelosi and Boehner are the leaders in the House supposedly giving checks and balances. But I don’t see these Catholic politicians doing much in the way of opposing the contraceptive coverage of Obamacare.Issa should have been all over it. Violation of Hyde Amendment and executive orders seem to be more serious than some of the bogus issues he comes up with. This is still supposed to be a government of checks and balances.
Republican Boehner opposed bill in its entirety. Democrat Pelosi didn’t think it went far enough in paying for contraception and abortion.Catholics Pelosi and Boehner are the leaders in the House supposedly giving checks and balances. But I don’t see these Catholic politicians doing much in the way of opposing the contraceptive coverage of Obamacare.
laloyolan.com/news/breaking-news-university-confirms-insurance-will-cover-elective-abortions/article_a7a158aa-4678-11e4-8d62-0017a43b2370.htmlLMU’s insurance will cover faculty and staff for elective abortions effective from August 22 to the end of the policy period, the University announced.
The California Catholic Conference has filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) citing federal civil rights violations by the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) resulting in Catholic institutions and others being forced required to purchase health insurance covering all forms of voluntary direct abortion, including late-term and gender selection.
The complaint was filed because of an administrative directive issued on August 22, 2014 by DMHC to the heads of eight different health insurance plans (Aetna, Anthem/Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, GEM Care, Health Net, Kaiser Permanente and United Health Care) ordering them to amend their current health plans and remove any coverage or exclusions regarding voluntary abortions on the basis that abortion for any reason was ‘basic health care” and could not be excluded.
“This is a coercive and discriminatory action by the State of California,” said Bishop Robert McElroy, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and chair of the Institutional Concerns Committee of the California Catholic Conference. “This demand by the State was directly targeted at Catholic institutions like Santa Clara University, Loyola Marymount University, along with other California employers and citizens. It is a flagrant violation of their civil rights and deepest moral convictions, and is government coercion of the worst kind.”
“Catholic beliefs about life and human dignity animate and shape our Catholic ministries,” said McElroy. “It’s why we oppose abortion, but it is also why Catholic schools provide education, Catholic hospitals care for the poor and vulnerable and why Catholic social services provide assistance to people and families in need. It goes to the core of our moral beliefs. “
The HHS Office of Civil Rights has jurisdiction in this matter because of a federal law known as the “Weldon Amendment” that was enacted to protect the conscience rights of individuals and institutions. In this case, the Office of Civil Rights can cut-off California’s access to federal funds unless or until it stops its discriminatory practices.
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