August 5, 2011

USCCB: HHS Mandate for Contraceptive and Abortifacient Drugs Violates Conscience Rights

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sharply criticized a new HHS “preventive services” mandate requiring private health plans to cover female surgical sterilization and all drugs and devices approved by the FDA as contraceptives, including drugs which can attack a developing unborn child before and after implantation in the mother’s womb.   Read more.