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<p>As a staunch advocate for the unborn and an outspoken activist against the harm that contraceptives can do to women, I find it appalling that the Obama Administration would force my employer, Priests for Life, to be complicit in offering contraceptives, directly or indirectly, to its employees.</p>
<p>That is why I have decided to join forces with Fr. Frank Pavone, Janet Morana, and Priests for Life to challenge the Department of Health and Human Services and stop the implementation of the “contraceptive services mandate” which would force Priests for Life to provide insurance plans that include coverage for, or access to, contraception, sterilization, abortifacients, and related education and counseling. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=2464" title="Permanent Link: Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(271 words, estimated 1:05  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=2464" title="Permanent Link: Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (271 words, estimated 1:05  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":2464,"date":"2013-08-19T21:24:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T01:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2464"},"modified":"2013-08-19T21:24:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T01:24:56","slug":"why-i-joined-the-lawsuit-against-the-hhs-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2464","title":{"rendered":"Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a staunch advocate for the unborn and an outspoken activist against the harm that contraceptives can do to women, I find it appalling that the Obama Administration would force my employer, Priests for Life, to be complicit in offering contraceptives, directly or indirectly, to its employees.<\/p>\n<p>That is why I have decided to join forces with Fr. Frank Pavone, Janet Morana, and Priests for Life to challenge the Department of Health and Human Services and stop the implementation of the \u201ccontraceptive services mandate\u201d which would force Priests for Life to provide insurance plans that include coverage for, or access to, contraception, sterilization, abortifacients, and related education and counseling. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2464\" title=\"Permanent Link: Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read more...<\/a> <i>(271 words, estimated 1:05  mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"post-teaser-block\">This is a preview of <q>Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate<\/q>. <a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2464\" title=\"Permanent Link: Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the full post (271 words, estimated 1:05  mins reading time)<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate - Hearts United For Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2464\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I Joined the Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate - Hearts United For Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; As a staunch advocate for the unborn and an outspoken activist against the harm that contraceptives can do to women, I find it appalling that the Obama Administration would force my employer, Priests for Life, to be complicit in offering contraceptives, directly or indirectly, to its employees. 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