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In implementing the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued guidelines requiring almost all private health plans to cover contraception and sterilization as “preventive services” for women. On August 3, HHS published an interim final rule that references these guidelines, and allows HRSA to implement a very narrow and inadequate religious exemption. This action poses an unprecedented threat to the religious freedom of individuals and institutions.
The required services include: "All Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity." Until now, no federal law has required private health plans to cover these.
HRSA’s statement that these recommendations “do not include abortifacient drugs” is misleading. The FDA-approved "emergency contraception" (EC) drugs covered by this mandate can work by interfering with implantation. Also, the drug the FDA most recently approved for EC, "Ella,” a close analogue to the abortion drug RU-486, has been shown in animal tests to cause abortion. Thus, the mandate includes drugs that may cause an abortion both before and after implantation.
You can view the letter that the Archbishop sent out to be read this Sunday in all the churches in his diocese here.
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This will not just affect Catholic hospitals, but will also effect all religious hospitals whether they be Protestant, Jewish, or any other faith.
You can send a complaint to the HHS by going here: NCHLA and clicking the red "Send Comments to HHS" button.
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The required services include: "All Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity." Until now, no federal law has required private health plans to cover these.
HRSA’s statement that these recommendations “do not include abortifacient drugs” is misleading. The FDA-approved "emergency contraception" (EC) drugs covered by this mandate can work by interfering with implantation. Also, the drug the FDA most recently approved for EC, "Ella,” a close analogue to the abortion drug RU-486, has been shown in animal tests to cause abortion. Thus, the mandate includes drugs that may cause an abortion both before and after implantation.
You can view the letter that the Archbishop sent out to be read this Sunday in all the churches in his diocese here.
View image: letter coakley trojan horse
This will not just affect Catholic hospitals, but will also effect all religious hospitals whether they be Protestant, Jewish, or any other faith.
You can send a complaint to the HHS by going here: NCHLA and clicking the red "Send Comments to HHS" button.
Mods, I wasn't sure where to put this so I put it here since this board gets the most traffic. If it's in the wrong place please move it, Thank you.
