conscience protections

The Trump administration announced its enforcement of federal conscience protection laws with regard to the funding of, and participation in, abortions.

The Trump administration released its final rule Friday that reversed the Obama administration’s definition of sex discrimination by eliminating both “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy,” or abortion.

A Baptist church association and two business owners filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Illinois, charging it with religious liberty violations related to a radical law that forces health insurance policies to provide coverage for abortions.

The Little Sisters of the Poor will return to the Supreme Court Wednesday to ask that Pennsylvania be blocked from removing their religious exemption from Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate.

David Daleiden of Center for Medical Progress says California has waged a “coordinated attack” on the civil liberties of pro-life Americans.

A federal judge struck down a Trump administration conscience rule that would have protected healthcare professionals from participating in abortions and other procedures.

HHS announced Friday a proposed rule that would change the Obama administration’s definition of sex discrimination under Obamacare by eliminating “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy.”

The Trump administration announced on the National Day of Prayer Thursday its final rule that protects the conscience rights of healthcare workers and other entities.

The Catholic bishops of Illinois joined together Thursday at the state capitol in Springfield to warn citizens the state is poised to pass the most extreme expansion of abortion rights in the nation.

Large crowds are anticipated in Springfield, Illinois, on Wednesday as activists gather to protest two abortion measures that pro-life champions say are both “anti-women” and “anti-children.”

“[The bill] compels doctors, nurses, hospitals to perform abortion,” said Republican state Rep. Rod Montoya, reported the Daily Caller. “We believe this bill if it passes will be challenged.”

The decision allows the states of California, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, and New York to ignore the Trump administration’s rules that protect employers with religious or moral objections to abortion-inducing drugs and birth control from being forced to provide them to workers.

Dozens of Irish doctors staged a walk-out of an emergency meeting on abortion legislation Sunday, saying that their concerns about conscience protections are being ignored.