The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that religious employers will be required to provide health care plans that include coverage of sterilization, contraceptives, and abortifacients. Catholic schools, hospitals, and charities are not exempt from this mandate.  This violation of religious liberty is unconscionable and unnecessary. 

To find your U.S. Representative and send a message asking him/her to co-sponsor the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, click here.

Next, sign a petition urging the White House to rescind the HHS Mandate online here.

To continue to receive up-to-date news on this issue, subscribe to our Texas Catholic Voice e-newsletter and action alerts here. You can also view the Texas Bishops’ responses to this issue on our HHS Mandate resource list below.

Please continue to pray for our elected officials, that they will work to ensure that our First Amendment right to religious freedom is upheld and that all human life is protected.

For more information, visit www.USCCB.org/conscience.

You can visit the following links to view action alerts from organizations that advocate for the US Bishops at the federal level:

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Office of Government Relations 
• Justice for Immigrants
• Catholic Relief Services