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- I<\/span> received this message from a friend last night. I\u2019d been following the issue, but had no idea that it was so immediate, and so I apologize for not tackling it sooner. For all practical purposes, Our Dear Government is telling Catholic health institutions that they must support contraceptive\/sterilization use or cease to exist. Alternatively, they could serve and employ solely<\/i> Catholics, which, from every angle you look at it, is an entirely whack compromise. (Sorry, cancer-patient at St. Jude\u2019s. We\u2019re moving you to a city hospital; you\u2019re an atheist.) It is a serious step backwards for a society of religious tolerance and pluralism, and downright\u00a0embarrassing\u00a0for Americans to have to realize just how dumb our leaders are. I\u2019ll post on it in detail eventually, but for now:<\/li>\n
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\nTonight I received a notification from one of my professors concerning a new mandate implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which acts against the Catholic Church\u2019s belief for the protection of all human life. These new guidelines, titled 76 Fed. Reg. 46621 (3 August 2011), mandate that \u201call individual and group health insurance plans, including self-insured plans, cover all FDA-approved contraception and sterilization procedures\u201d\nPLEASE READ THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS to learn how these guidelines violate the practice of our Catholic faith.<\/p>\n
These guidelines will supposedly take effect on August 1, 2012, unless there are enough letters (HAND-WRITTEN IS MOST EFFECTIVE) sent to Ms. Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at:<\/p>\n
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary
U.S. Department for Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201<\/p>\nI realize that this is short notice but the deadline for the \u201cpublic comment period\u201d is TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 30th. Which means that if you want to express the Catholic Church\u2019s opinion towards this new legislation, then you must WRITE AND MAIL YOUR LETTER TO SECRETARY SEBELIUS TOMORROW!!! <\/p>\n
I have included a statement from Bishop David A. Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburg; a sample letter; and Bishop Zubuik\u2019s letter, which all came from the Diocese of Pittsburgh\u2019s website (<\/span><\/span>www.diopitt.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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