Nine months after taking office, five months after assuring the Little Sisters of the Poor that they could quit fearing fines, the Administration of President Donald Trump has announced a rollback of the HHS contraceptive mandate. I’m pleased that the President has followed through on a commitment he could have carried out his first dayContinue reading “The Mandate Takes a Hit. That’s Not Enough.”
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Undermining Religious Liberty in the Name of “Health Care”
Congress is about to take a vote on Obamacare: repeal, replace, whatever. Amid all the tinkering, I am not hearing much from Members of Congress about what made the “Affordable Care Act” utterly unacceptable to so many Catholics, including me: the contraceptive mandate. Health care, redefined Catholic institutions provide health care to more Americans thanContinue reading “Undermining Religious Liberty in the Name of “Health Care””
Good Works, While There’s Time: International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is upon us again. I’ve seen a hashtag that says #ADayWithoutWomen, referring to a gender-based strike to show the world what happens when women bow out of work for a day. They don’t get paid, for one thing. Those of us who don’t work on salary already knew that. To each herContinue reading “Good Works, While There’s Time: International Women’s Day”
Ellen Kolb 