{"id":7612,"date":"2017-10-08T20:21:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T03:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:21:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:21:49","slug":"donald-trumps-new-guidelines-for-protecting-religious-faith-restore-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7612","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s new guidelines for protecting religious faith restore justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington Times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Editorial<\/p>\n<p>Not so long ago, President Trump\u2019s new guidelines for the Department of Health and Human Services for protecting freedom of religious faith would have been superfluous and unnecessary. A casual observer might have read them in puzzlement, as if the government had reaffirmed its opposition to robbery or murder.<\/p>\n<p>But all that was before the Obama administration sought to bring those of religious faith to heel, ordering employers to pay for contraception devices and abortion-inducing drugs, even if it violated the conscience of employers. Under pressure, the Obama administration grudgingly exempted churches from its mandate, but employers affiliated with religious groups still were required to pay through third-party administrators.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidelines, drawn up by the U.S. Justice Department, change that. The order does not prohibit employers paying such benefits, and many employers will continue to do so. Nor will anyone be deprived by the government of their condoms, diaphragms and other birth-control devices. But \u201cgoing forward,\u201d as the cliche goes, an employer will not be required by the U.S. Government to violate his conscience for the convenience of those hostile to religious faith. . .[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/oct\/8\/donald-trumps-new-guidelines-for-protecting-religi\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Times Editorial Not so long ago, President Trump\u2019s new guidelines for the Department of Health and Human Services for protecting freedom of religious faith would have been superfluous and unnecessary. A casual observer might have read them in puzzlement, as if the government had reaffirmed its opposition to robbery or murder. But all that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7612\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Donald Trump\u2019s new guidelines for protecting religious faith restore justice&#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":[46,4,16,650,295,28],"tags":[183,2332],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-commentary","category-protection-of-conscience-laws","category-contraception","category-religious-freedom","category-usa","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate","tag-us-dept-of-health-and-human-services-hhs"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Donald Trump\u2019s new guidelines for protecting religious faith restore justice - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7612\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Donald Trump\u2019s new guidelines for protecting religious faith restore justice - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington Times Editorial Not so long ago, President Trump\u2019s new guidelines for the Department of Health and Human Services for protecting freedom of religious faith would have been superfluous and unnecessary. 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