In the News
12 April 2012 - Catholic bishops issue rallying cry for 'religious freedom'
8 April 2012 - Catholic leaders remain critical of Obama administration
2 April 2012 - Obamacare 'Abortion Surcharge': The Facts Behind The Rumor
26 March 2012 - Catholic Bishops Lose a Big Battle Over Contraception
24 March 2012 - ‘Religious Freedom’ Rally Sets Stage for 1st Amendment Collision
16 March 2012 - Religious exemptions grow in contraception mandate
14 March 2012 - Bishops reject Obama contraception compromise
7 March 2012 - House slowing down on contraception legislation
6 March 2012 - Young Catholic women back birth control use
1 March 2012 - Poll: Most Americans Support Contraception Rule
1 March 2012 - Senate Rejects Step Targeting Coverage of Contraception
28 February 2012 - House Judiciary Hearing Takes on Contraception Mandate
28 February 2012 - Kathleen Sebelius: Rule coming soon on contraception coverage
26 February 2012 - Birth Control Rule May Take Center Stage This Week
23 February 2012 - States, Catholics sue over contraceptives rule
22 February 2012 -
Contraception coverage fights spread to states
16 February 2012 - Passions Flare as House Debates Birth Control Rule
16 February 2012 - Staffer: Bishops 'will not relent' on contraception compromise
15 February 2012 - Rep. Issa to air bishops’ complaints
14 February 2012 - Why Free Birth Control Will Not Hike the Cost of Your Insurance
14 February 2012 - Bishops plan aggressive expansion of birth-control battle
14 February 2012 - Bishops’ contraception objections fail their church’s own moral reasoning
11 February 2012 - Bishops Reject White House’s New Plan on Contraception
10 February 2012 - The White House explains its contraceptives compromise
10 February 2012 - Obama Birth Control Compromise Announced
10 February 2012 - Theologians see need for broader discussion on conscience
10 February 2012 - President Obama boxed in on birth control
9 February 2012 - Students At Catholic Colleges Protest Lack Of Access To Birth Control
9 February 2012 - Catholic Bishops Demand All Businesses Be Given The Right To Deny Women Contraception Coverage
9 February 2012 - Large Catholic Institutions Offered Contraception Even Before Required To Do So
7 February 2012 - White House open to compromise over contraception: adviser
7 February 2012 - Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate
6 February 2012 - FAQ: The health reform law and contraception
3 February 2012 - 'Real Catholics' not opposed to birth control
29 January 2012 - Catholics hear protests of Obama health ruling at Mass
20 January 2012 - Obama Reaffirms Insurers Must Cover Contraception
20 January 2012 - Obama holds firm on contraception coverage
7 December 2011 - Contraceptive rule a pill for Obama
3 November 2011 - Congress considers conscience rights in health care
20 July 2011 - Should health insurance plans cover birth control?
19 July 2011 - IOM Panel Recommends Insurance Coverage For Contraception
19 July 2011 - Panel Recommends Coverage for Contraception |
Allies Speak Out
16 April 2012 - Puzzled by backlash
6 April 2012 - Denial of birth control only adds to public’s burden
3 April 2012 - Church views on women wrong
3 April 2012 - Politics has no place in pulpits or bedrooms
2 April 2012 - Rhetoric needs update
2 April 2012 - The line on religious exemptions
1 April 2012 - Church is imposing its beliefs on others
31 March 2012 - Tell bishops to stay out of politics
30 March 2012 - How exactly is faith under attack?
30 March 2012 - Free will
28 March 2012 - Student health plans also provide for contraception
28 March 2012 - Contraceptive coverage does not infringe on religious freedom
22 March 2012 - Reproductive health is a woman's right
21 March 2012 - Government is providing access to contraception, not a mandate to use it: A letter to the editor
21 March 2012 - Catholic bishops inconsistently apply conscience principle
21 March 2012 - Speaking out for women and First Amendment
20 March 2012 - Freedom for and from religion
19 March 2012 - Theocratic rule
17 March 2012 - Why Catholic bishops need to stay out of politics
16 March 2012 - Contraception politics makes good works difficult
16 March 2012 - Mandate to provide coverage isn't a mandate to use coverage
13 March 2012 - Slurs won't silence women
13 March 2012 - Chose to be responsible mother
12 March 2012 - Hormonal Contraceptives are Health Care
12 March 2012 - Letters to the editor
11 March 2012 - Letters to the editor
11 March 2012 - Letter: Thinks church Mass needed parental warning
9 March 2012 - Letter: Contraception not religious issue
8 March 2012 - Running interference
8 March 2012 - Majority agree that birth control should be covered at no cost
7 March 2012 - Birth control is a fundamental need and should be covered by insurance
7 March 2012 - Constitutional Dilemma on Birth Control
6 March 2012 - Contraceptive coverage is appropriate
5 March 2012 - Dictating employee health coverage
4 March 2012 - The Politicization Of Catholicism
4 March 2012 - When the Catholic Church nearly approved the pill
4 March 2012 - Health vs. faith: The debate over insurance for contraceptives
4 March 2012 - Catholics themselves will be beneficiaries
4 March 2012 - Birth control
2 March 2012 - Speaking out about birth control
2 March 2012 - Stop politicizing women’s health
1 March 2012 - My Voice: Catholic women want affordable birth control, too
1 March 2012 - It's about personal liberty
28 February 2012 - Confused about religious freedom
21 February 2012 - Religious liberty and credibility
21 February 2012 - Religious liberty doesn't void other rights
21 February 2012 - Catholics' rules are not the rules for everyone
21 February 2012 - Church is 'unbalanced' in the issues focuses on
20 February 2012 - Good Catholics can still disagree with bishops
20 February 2012 - What an abortifacient is -- and what it isn't
20 February 2012 - Regulations don't constitute a war on religion
20 February 2012 - GOP birth control stance not politically smart
19 February 2012 - Abortion control
17 February 2012 - Letter: Catholic leaders' outrage over health rule 'odd'
16 February 2012 - Bishop is confusing hospital with church
16 February 2012 - Catholics face tough choice
15 February 2012 - Contraception's con men
15 February 2012 - Birth Control Blasphemy: Contraceptive Hysteria Grips Congress and the Religio-Patriarchy
15 February 2012 - Women's choices should decide women's health
14 February 2012 - Statement on Insurance Mandate from Faculty of John Carroll University
13 February 2012 - Catholic bishops cry wolf on contraception
13 February 2012 - Why the bishops will never be satisfied
13 February 2012 - The Bishops' Obsession With The Sex Lives Of Others
13 February 2012 - Obama's Birth Control "Compromise"
13 February 2012 - Birth Control Debate: Why Catholic Bishops Have Lost Their Grip on U.S. Politics—and Their Flock
13 February 2012 - The bishops go off the deep end
12 February 2012 - What? Birth control? Again?
12 February 2012 - It would be wrong to deny them coverage other women have
10 February 2012 - The Catholic Church's Game With Women's Health
11 February 2012 - Beyond Pelvic Politics
10 February 2012 - My Take: Why I'm a Catholic for contraception
10 February 2012 - A rule that protects women and respects faith
10 February 2012 - Obama/Catholic Contraception Controversy Boils Down to Workers’ Rights
10 February 2012 - The Hawaii Compromise? White House to Announce Change In Birth Control Mandate
10 February 2012 - The bishops: One way on a two-way street
10 February 2012 - War on birth control
10 February 2012 - Not church's choice
10 February 2012 - Contraception rules must respect religion, health
10 February 2012 - Letters: Religion and contraception
10 February 2012 - Catholic bishops haven't persuaded their flocks on contraception
9 February 2012 - Catholic Bishops Demand Corporate Personhood
9 February 2012 - Contraception choices and the law
9 February 2012 - Whose rights are being denied in birth control debate?
8 February 2012 - Why the bishop is wrong
8 February 2012 - Many Catholics back birth control decision
8 February 2012 - The Fight Millennials Never Expected—Birth Control
8 February 2012 - War on contraception heats up health-reform debate
8 February 2012 - Church, state and contraception
8 February 2012 - O'Brien's quixotic fight
8 February 2012 - Don't inject religion
8 February 2012 - Time for the White House to end the contraception conversation with Catholic leaders
8 February 2012 - Back to Barefoot and Pregnant
8 February 2012 - Religious Freedom and Contraception
8 February 2012 - My letter re the RCC, birth control and health insurance
8 February 2012 - Male Catholic Spokesmen—butt out!
7 February 2012 - Birth control a matter of public health, women's choice
7 February 2012 - Little late for birth-control debate
7 February 2012 - Contraception decision not attack on religion
7 February 2012 - Why the Birth-Control Mandate Makes Sense
7 February 2012 - The Church is Taking Employees' Religious Freedom Away
6 February 2012 - Paying for birth control
6 February 2012 - O’Malley: ‘Too much hyperventilating’ over contraception controversy
5 February 2012 - The Church and the Birth Control Ruling
5 February 2012 - State, not church rules on same-sex marriage issue
4 February 2012 - Bishop is wrong on health rules
4 February 2012 - Bishops don't speak for most Catholics on contraception
4 February 2012 - Bishops should not insert politics into Mass
4 February 2012 - Church gets issue wrong
3 February 2012 - Equitable compromise: Faith-based employees deserve the same coverage
3 February 2012 - Reproductive Rights Redux
3 February 2012 - Meds not employer's business
2 February 2012 - Catholic Church’s unfair attack against Obama
2 February 2012 - Catholics need to preach what we practice
2 February 2012 - Lines are tough to draw in Catholic Church contraceptive debate
2 February 2012 - The Truth About Contraception, Obamacare And The Church
2 February 2012 - Rubio's bill imposes religious agenda in workplace
1 February 2012 - Contraception Isn't Meat
31 January 2012 - Freedom of religion for whom?
31 January 2012 - Catholic bishops hypocrites in birth control controversy
31 January 2012 - Obama Stands Up to Bishops. Finally.
31 January 2012 - It's a choice
29 January 2012 - Right decision on birth control
28 January 2012 - Should contraception coverage be required?
26 January 2012 - Disregard disregarding the mandate
25 January 2012 - The unconscionable consequences of conscience exemptions
25 January 2012 - The Difference Between Viagra and the Pill
23 January 2012 - Bishops' conscience model makes light of practical reason
20 January 2012 - Birth control decision defends religious liberty |