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Trump Administration Announces New Conscience Exemptions for Contraceptive Mandate
The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 11//8/18 | CNA

Posted on 11/08/2018 6:23:38 PM PST by marshmallow

Organizations and individuals objecting to the mandate’s provisions on either religious or moral grounds will be exempt

The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor released two updated rules concerning conscience protections for organizations and individuals in relation to the HHS contraception mandate.

Under the new rules, organizations and individuals objecting to the controversial mandate’s provisions on either religious or moral grounds will be exempt.

According to a press release from HHS, the new rules “provide an exemption from the contraceptive coverage mandate to entities and individuals that object to services covered by the mandate on the basis of sincerely held religious beliefs.”

“Thus,” the release said, “entities that have sincerely held religious beliefs against providing contraceptive services (or services which they consider to be abortifacients) would be exempt from the mandate and no longer be required to provide such coverage.”

The new rules also cover nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and individuals that have “non-religious moral convictions” opposed to the services covered by the mandate.

Mark Rienzi, president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, offered praise for the new rules, saying they signaled the end of a “long, unnecessary culture war.”

Under the Affordable Care Act, employer-provided health insurance plans are required to cover certain “preventative services.” These were defined by guidance issued under the Obama Administration as including all contraception methods approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including abortifacient birth control pills, IUDs, and sterilization procedures.

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 11/08/2018 6:23:38 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Stroke of the pen, rule of law. Pretty cool.

- Paraphrasing You-Know-Who


2 posted on 11/08/2018 6:25:10 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Join the #nationalprogressivecaucus #MOB and #Resist! just like everyone else.)
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To: marshmallow

God bless President Trump.


3 posted on 11/08/2018 6:25:38 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: marshmallow

Reducing hussein’s legacy one day at a time.


4 posted on 11/08/2018 6:27:10 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: marshmallow
Good...now these poor nurses who are forced to participate can be relieved.

And this is the right grounds....religious OR moral.

Actually, moral covers it all. I don't need religion to tell me that killing a baby in its' most vulnerable stage or at anytime...is morally wrong.

5 posted on 11/08/2018 6:27:54 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Salvation

What you said.

:-)


6 posted on 11/08/2018 6:30:06 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The USA and President Trump.)
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To: Sacajaweau

This is about whether insurance plans need to cover contraception., nothing about doctors or nurses.


7 posted on 11/08/2018 6:33:48 PM PST by socalgop
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To: pax_et_bonum

8 posted on 11/08/2018 6:41:16 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: marshmallow

Am I missing something here, or is this issue effectively moot? I thought Hobby Lobby had prevailed in their Federal court challenge to the contraceptive mandate.


9 posted on 11/08/2018 6:43:12 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Salvation

Amen on that.


10 posted on 11/08/2018 6:44:27 PM PST by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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To: marshmallow

If he had only done this before the elections, we could have had a few less sleepless nights over the recounts.

Trump needs to fire whoever is giving him such bad political advice.


11 posted on 11/08/2018 6:50:20 PM PST by Galatians328
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To: Alberta's Child

I think they did.


12 posted on 11/08/2018 7:16:49 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: marshmallow

Now, if only Trump could write an EO absolving bakers from being forced to make cakes in demand for homosexual.


13 posted on 11/08/2018 7:54:25 PM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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