Cardinal DiNardo's Letter to Congress about HR 1179/S 1467

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A letter to Congress urging support for the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (H.R. 1179, S. 1467), particularly because an interim final rule published August 3, by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established a list of “preventive services for women” to be required in almost all private health plans nationwide, under the authority of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The new HHS mandate underscores a major deficiency in PPACA – it lacks a conscience clause to prevent the Act itself from being used to suppress the rights and freedoms of those who may have moral or religious objections to specific procedures.