August 1, 2011–more than two years ago. That’s when the federal government announced that employer health plans would have to cover all FDA-approved contraceptive services….
The courts may provide some relief, permitting some businesses and some religious nonprofits to entirely escape the mandate. But there is no assurance that the courts would provide such relief to all organizations, nor that such losses in court would persuade the administration to reverse or radically modify the contraceptives mandate for other organizations.
On July 2nd the Federal Register published the long-promised final regulations for the accommodation offered to non-exempt nonprofit religious employers that object to the requirement…
Today, The Cardus Daily, a blog hosted by Cardus– a Canadian think tank dedicated to the renewal of North American social architecture- posted an article…
IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies delivered the Center for Public Justice’s Kuyper Lecture on Thursday, April 24. Title: “Prohibiting the Free Exercise Thereof: The Affordable Care…
IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies on April 25 delivered the 2013 Kuyper Lecture at Calvin College. He defended the religious freedom of faith-based service organizations in…
IRFA’s comments argue that the administration’s proposed “accommodation” for faith-based service organizations such as hospitals, colleges, and charities does not solve the religious freedom problem.
Last week IRFA submitted a comment to the federal government in response to the early-February Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) about “accommodating” non-exempt religious organizations…
April 8 is the deadline to submit comments in response to the early-February “proposed rules” (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking–NPRM) about “accommodating” non-exempt religious organizations that…
Unfortunately, language to protect conscience and religious freedom in the health care context was not put into the “must-pass” money bill recently adopted by the…