Commentary: A possible post-Roe society asks pro-life Catholics that we reconsider how to engage perspectives that we have often avoided and attacked as contrary to Catholic teaching or scandalous to the faithful.
President Donald Trump's administration has issued new rules it says will "provide conscience protections for Americans who have a religious or moral objection to health insurance that covers contraception methods."
The public comment period on the Protect Life Rule, a proposed revision to Title X regulations to prevent taxpayer funding of abortion-related services, opened June 1 and will close July 31.
An Indiana bishop said he supports the University of Notre Dame's Feb. 7 decision to stop coverage of abortion-inducing drugs and add natural family planning services to the school's health plan, but he said coverage of artificial birth control by a Catholic institution is unacceptable.
The Little Sisters of the Poor, who have always been known for their care for the poor elderly, have been in the spotlight for the past six years with their objection to the federal government's requirement that they provide insurance coverage of contraceptives for their employees.
Employees, and likely students, will retain access to cost-free birth control through third-party insurers, despite the university's earlier announcements of the end of such coverage.
Nine out of 10 Americans find birth control to be morally acceptable, but proponents of religious liberty say that having to provide contraception through health insurance plans goes against Christian beliefs. New exemptions are fueling the debate.