{"id":1760,"date":"2012-01-20T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2012-01-20T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:27:58","slug":"us-catholic-bishops-vow-to-fight-government-edict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1760","title":{"rendered":"US Catholic bishops vow to fight government edict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to news that the Obama administration will continue plans to force\u00a0 employers to pay for employee insurance coverage for contraceptives and embryocidal drugs and services, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has characterized the decision as an unprecedented attack on religious liberty.\u00a0 The Conference promises to continue working to reform the law. [<a title=\"U.S. Bishops Vow to Fight HHS Edict: Unconscionable to force citizens to buy contraceptives against their will\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/project\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/u-s-bishops-vow-to-fight-hhs-edict-unconscionable-to-force-citizens-to-buy-contraceptives-against-their-will\/\">USCCB News Release<\/a>]\u00a0 Cardinal Designate Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and USCCB president, has issued a <a href=\"ttp:\/\/bcove.me\/ob5itz9v\"> video<\/a> calling for people to let the government know that they want &#8220;religious liberty and rights of conscience restored.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to news that the Obama administration will continue plans to force\u00a0 employers to pay for employee insurance coverage for contraceptives and embryocidal drugs and services, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has characterized the decision as an unprecedented attack on religious liberty.\u00a0 The Conference promises to continue working to reform the law. 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