Right now, the United States is facing a maternal health crisis. Christians have the opportunity and duty to support policies, like extending Medicaid coverage to a full year after birth, that honor the dignity of pregnant women and their children.

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 George W. Bush administration and are based on the Charitable Choice rules first enacted during the Clinton administration. They are designed to create equal opportunity for faith-based organizations to compete for federal funding without minimizing their religious character while respecting the religious rights of people needing the services. The Biden administration, while retaining some of the Trump changes, claims that other changes wrongly diminished the rights of beneficiaries and should be […]

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 Marriage Act adopted by the House of Representatives a strong set of protections for people and organizations who are committed to the historic concept of marriage as a unity between one man and one woman. This dramatically amended bill was then passed by the Senate, accepted by the House, and signed into law by the President on December 13, 2022.  The strength of those religious freedom protections has been disputed both […]

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 Amendment. Congress enacted these and other protections that prohibit hospitals, state and local government agencies, teaching hospitals, and other health entities receiving federal funding from requiring their health staff and organizations to perform or facilitate abortions and other procedures against their conscience. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published on January 5, 2023. The deadline for submitting comments is March 6, 2023. You can submit a comment via www.regulations.gov (search for “Conscience […]

When families are unable or unwilling to care for children, it is the government’s responsibility to ensure that they are protected and placed in safe and healthy homes.