{"id":1752,"date":"2012-01-25T15:17:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2012-01-25T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T23:17:47","slug":"us-catholic-bishops-urge-support-for-freedom-of-conscience-and-religion-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1752","title":{"rendered":"US Catholic bishops urge support for freedom of conscience and religion in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, speaking to a pro-life rally on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, challenged the decision of the Obama administration to force employers to pay for contraceptives and embryocidal drugs and services.\u00a0 At stake, he said, &#8220;is the survival of a cornerstone constitutionally protected freedom that ensures respect for conscience and religious liberty.&#8221; Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and president of the Conference, joined him in denouncing the government&#8217;s plans[<a title=\"Bishops Decry HHS Rule\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/project\/blog\/2012\/01\/23\/bishops-decry-hhs-rule-urge-catholics-to-stand-up-for-religious-liberty-and-conscience-rightsin-homilies-at-vigil-for-life\/\">USCCB News release<\/a>].\u00a0 Writing in the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970203718504577178833194483196.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\"> Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Archbishop Dolan asked, &#8220;How about some respect for Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease?&#8221;\u00a0 In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/opinion\/fl-health-care-forum-20120124,0,6607686.story\"> newspaper column<\/a>, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, &#8220;To force all of us to buy coverage for sterilization and contraceptives, including drugs that induce abortion, is a radical incursion into freedom of conscience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, speaking to a pro-life rally on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, challenged the decision of the Obama administration to force employers to pay for contraceptives and embryocidal drugs and services.\u00a0 At stake, he said, &#8220;is the survival of a cornerstone constitutionally protected freedom that ensures &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1752\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;US Catholic bishops urge support for freedom of conscience and religion in US&#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":[9,28],"tags":[128,183,2989,2084],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-usa","tag-daniel-dinardo","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate","tag-timothy-dolan","tag-us-conference-of-catholic-bishops-usccb"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>US Catholic bishops urge support for freedom of conscience and religion in US - 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