Positive Biden Administration Policy on Engaging with Religious Communities
On September 12, 2023, Administrator Samantha Powers of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) unveiled a new Biden administration policy on federal collaboration with faith-based organizations. USAID’s new “strategic […]
Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Regulations on LGBTQ Youth and Foster Care
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published proposed regulations, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), intended to provide better care for LGBTQ youth in foster care. […]
Proposed Changes to the Equal Treatment Regulations on Funding Faith-Based Organizations; Opportunity to Comment
On January 13, 2023, the Biden administration proposed significant reversals of major changes the Trump administration had made to the federal equal treatment regulations. These regulations date back to the […]
Resources: Does the Respect for Marriage Act Protect Religious Freedom?
Last fall, the Center for Public Justice’s Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, along with religious freedom advocates, worked with a small bipartisan group of Senators to add to the Respect for […]
Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Changes to HHS Regulations Protecting Conscience in Health Care
The Biden administration is proposing to weaken the regulations on how the federal government enforces conscience protections in health care, such as those in the Church Amendments and the Weldon […]