{"id":1394,"date":"2012-03-14T21:43:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T04:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2012-03-14T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T04:43:27","slug":"us-catholic-bishops-vow-to-fight-hhs-violations-of-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1394","title":{"rendered":"US Catholic bishops vow to fight &#8220;HHS violations of religious freedom&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Administrative Committee, the highest authority of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops outside the semi-annual sessions of the full body of bishops, has issued a statement asserting that the Conference will continue to resist efforts by the federal government to require objecting religious believers to provide insurance coverage surgical sterilization, contraceptives and embryocides.\u00a0 The Conference objects to an unprecedented and unwarranted &#8220;government definition of religion,\u201d which &#8220;has precipitated this struggle for religious freedom,\u201d the bishops said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bishops promise to continue \u2018vigorous efforts\u2019 against HHS violations of religious freedom in health care reform mandate\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/project\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/bishops-promise-to-continue-vigorous-efforts-against-hhs-violations-of-religious-freedomin-health-care-reform-mandate\/\">News release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/religious-liberty\/upload\/Admin-Religious-Freedom.pdf\">Full statement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Administrative Committee, the highest authority of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops outside the semi-annual sessions of the full body of bishops, has issued a statement asserting that the Conference will continue to resist efforts by the federal government to require objecting religious believers to provide insurance coverage surgical sterilization, contraceptives and embryocides.\u00a0 The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1394\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;US Catholic bishops vow to fight &#8220;HHS violations of religious freedom&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,9,28],"tags":[183,2084],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-catholicism","category-news","category-usa","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate","tag-us-conference-of-catholic-bishops-usccb"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>US Catholic bishops vow to fight &quot;HHS violations of religious freedom&quot; - 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