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Review of abortion pill safety is ongoing, Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy says
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during a Senate hearing Sept. 4 that a federal review of safety concerns... Read more
Trump’s HHS gives states 60 days to remove ‘gender ideology’ in school material
HHS warned states and territories that they must remove references to “gender ideology” from K–12 education materials or they will... Read more
Trump administration probes hospitals on transgender treatments for minors, HHS compliance
President Donald Trump’s administration launched an inquiry into hospitals that have provided transgender drugs and performed transgender surgeries on minors. Read more
Trump administration issues report on concerns over transgender surgeries, drugs for minors
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a report Thursday outlining concerns with doctors treating gender dysphoria in... Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issues Health and Human Services guidance: ‘There are only two sexes’
The announcement comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14168, which affirmed the biological reality of sex. Read more
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to study abortion pill safety questions
Regulating or restricting the abortion pill has become an important cause for pro-life activists, as the drug now accounts for... Read more
HHS to review programs to prevent taxpayer funding for abortions
The acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services also stressed the importance of enforcing conscience rights and... Read more
Trump’s HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reassures pro-life senators with policy plans
Although Kennedy has supported legal abortion, he has told pro-life senators in closed-door meetings that he would oppose taxpayer funds... Read more
White House backs off enforcing underage contraceptive rule in Texas
In July, the Texas attorney general sued the HHS over the change to Title X that eliminated parental consent requirements... Read more
House lawmakers probe HHS on its backing of sex changes for kids
“We are concerned that HHS officials ... inappropriately applied pressure for changes to international pediatric medical standards,” Rep. Lisa McClain... Read more
Biden administration pressured health care association to back sex changes for minors
Biden’s administration pressured at least one health care association to eliminate proposed guidelines that would have discouraged sex-change drugs. Read more
Biden administration drops protections for religious health care providers
A new rule formally rescinds certain provisions that guaranteed doctors and medical practitioners the ability to refuse to perform abortions. Read more
UPDATE: Feds back off demand that Catholic hospital extinguish chapel candle
Federal government regulators backed off their demands that a Catholic hospital extinguish its chapel candle. Read more
Cardinal Dolan criticizes Biden administration for trying to force employers to cover contraception
HHS announced a proposed rule that would leave in place the current exemption for religious employers but take away the... Read more
Rubio bill would block Biden from declaring public health emergency to expand abortion
Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill that would prohibit the executive branch from expanding abortion access through a... Read more
Major win for Catholic doctors fighting Biden’s transgender mandate after appeal deadline passes
The proposal was strongly opposed by religious doctors, medical organizations, and the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. Read more
Would proposed Biden rule force doctors to perform transgender surgeries and abortions?
If finalized, the updated rule could be utilized to compel hospitals and doctors receiving federal funds to conduct procedures many... Read more
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‘Dereliction of its duty’: US bishops rebuke Biden administration for dropping conscience rights lawsuit
The U.S. bishops on Thursday criticized the Biden administration for dropping a conscience rights lawsuit. Read more
Analysis: What a Xavier Becerra HHS could mean for Catholics
On Monday, President-elect Joe Biden tapped California attorney general Xavier Becerra to head the Department of Health and Human Services.... Read more
Catholic wins right to 'last rites' in hospital ICU
A Catholic woman has won her case to have a priest visit her critically-injured husband at a Maryland hospital, it... Read more
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