The Biden administration has decided not to appeal a court ruling that medical professionals cannot be forced to perform abortions and gender-transition procedures that violate their religious beliefs. At issue was the ...
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Court rules Biden administration cannot force doctors to perform gender surgery, abortions
The Biden administration cannot force doctors and hospitals to violate their religious beliefs by performing abortions and transgender surgery, a federal appeals judge ruled. At issue was Section 1557 of the 2010 ...
Read More »Pro-life amendment stalls action on Medicaid expansion in Missouri
A pro-life amendment adopted by the Missouri Senate this week is slowing action on a bill to fund Missouri’s Medicaid program. “My intent was not to deny Medicaid recipients birth control,” Senator ...
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Obamacare plans will cover elective abortions in most states next year
More than two-thirds of health plans on Obamacare exchanges will cover elective abortions in 2021, according to the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute, “Due to the former Obama administration’s severe lack of transparency ...
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Several cases of interest to Christians on agenda as new Supreme Court term begins
The U.S. Supreme Court by tradition starts its new term on the first Monday in October. While awaiting the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, several religious rights cases are on this year’s ...
Read More »Supreme Court protects religious freedom from Obamacare contraceptive mandate
In another win for the Trump administration and religious liberty advocates, the Supreme Court today ruled 7-2 that the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause exempts religious organizations from employment discrimination lawsuits. It also ...
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Federal lawsuit filed against Christian health care sharing ministry
A company purporting to be a Christian health care sharing ministry has scammed people and failed to provide coverage, according to a new lawsuit. Aliera Companies and Trinity Healthshare has been charged ...
Read More »Judge upholds Trump alternative to ObamaCare
The Trump administration is celebrating another legal victory after a federal judge upheld the administration’s expansion of cheaper short-term health insurance plans as an alternative to ObamaCare. Two years after its inception, ...
Read More »Washington tells church: Pay for abortion coverage or break the law
An evangelical church is suing the state of Washington over a new law requiring employers to cover abortion in insurance plans if those policies also cover maternity. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) ...
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Missouri fears Medicaid expansion will bankrupt state
As neighboring states struggle with bankruptcy, some say brought on in part by Medicaid expansion, Missouri Republican lawmakers would rather fix the system than add another entitlement funded by taxpayers. Half of ...
Read More »Hawley challenges McCaskill to debate
Supporters were not in short supply this week in Springfield to welcome Attorney General Josh Hawley and hear him lay down a debate challenge for his 2018 U.S. Senate race. The popular ...
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