http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/abortion-conflict-puts-pro-life-health-professionals-in-limbo-deseret-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/abortion-conflict-puts-pro-life-health-professionals-in-limbo-deseret-news/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:43:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128964 Deseret News: The Alliance Defense Fund filed a complaint with HHS, and Vanderbilt quickly backed down. "Christians and other pro-life members of the medical community shouldn't be forced to participate in abortions to pursue their profession. That's what federal law says, and that's why Vanderbilt is doing the right thing in changing its policy and application," said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/abortion-conflict-puts-pro-life-health-professionals-in-limbo-deseret-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/court-stops-hospital-from-forcing-nurses-to-assist-abortions-lifenews-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/court-stops-hospital-from-forcing-nurses-to-assist-abortions-lifenews-com/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:43:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117790 LifeNews.com: ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman told LifeNews . . . “Pro-life nurses shouldn’t be forced to assist or train in services related to abortions. Federal and state law both prohibit this,” he said. “These 12 nurses have encountered threats to their jobs at this hospital ever since a policy change required them to participate in the abortion cases regardless of their religious and moral objections. The court’s order prevents that until the Nov. 18 hearing, but it is disturbing that the hospital may fight to continue violating laws that clearly protect conscience rights.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/court-stops-hospital-from-forcing-nurses-to-assist-abortions-lifenews-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/adf-court-temporarily-stops-nj-hospital-from-forcing-nurses-to-participate-in-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/adf-court-temporarily-stops-nj-hospital-from-forcing-nurses-to-participate-in-abortions/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:25:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117772 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/adf-court-temporarily-stops-nj-hospital-from-forcing-nurses-to-participate-in-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/n-j-nurses-suit-against-hospital-says-theyre-forced-to-help-with-abortions-nj-law-j-subscription-only/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/n-j-nurses-suit-against-hospital-says-theyre-forced-to-help-with-abortions-nj-law-j-subscription-only/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:22:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117675 New Jersey Law Journal (subscription): The suit was filed by the Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., which describes itself as a Christian and legal policy organization and is opposed to abortion . . . The Alliance Defense Fund believes the UMDNJ case will end differently because it concerns a government-run hospital, unlike the private hospital in the New York case, according to its legal counsel, Matthew Bowman. Private entities aren't subject to suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, but government agencies are, says Bowman. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/n-j-nurses-suit-against-hospital-says-theyre-forced-to-help-with-abortions-nj-law-j-subscription-only/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/12-nurses-sue-nj-hospital-for-forcing-them-to-participate-in-abortions-prolifeblogs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/12-nurses-sue-nj-hospital-for-forcing-them-to-participate-in-abortions-prolifeblogs/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:51:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117622 ProLifeBlogs: "Pro-life nurses shouldn't be forced to assist in abortions against their beliefs," said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. "No less than 12 nurses have encountered threats to their jobs at this hospital ever since a policy change required them to participate in the abortions regardless of their religious objections. That is flatly illegal." . . . Demetrios K. Stratis, one of nearly 2,100 attorneys in the ADF alliance is local counsel in the case, Danquah v. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. ADF is currently involved in a similar lawsuit in New York state court involving a nurse at Mt. Sinai Hospital. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/12-nurses-sue-nj-hospital-for-forcing-them-to-participate-in-abortions-prolifeblogs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/house-members-confront-hhs-on-conscience-protections-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/house-members-confront-hhs-on-conscience-protections-2/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:57:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98054 Charisma: The two situations cited in the letter involve clients represented by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). “Medical professionals should not be punished for holding to their beliefs, and they should not be forced to perform abortions against their conscience,” says ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. “Members of the House are justified in asking why the Obama administration would be seeking to repeal such protections, especially in light of the recent examples of abuse involving ADF clients.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/house-members-confront-hhs-on-conscience-protections-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/18/matt-bowman-on-the-mary-reichard-show-rights-of-conscience-litigation-for-healthcare-workers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/18/matt-bowman-on-the-mary-reichard-show-rights-of-conscience-litigation-for-healthcare-workers/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:03:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95883 Matt Bowman appeared on the Mary Reichard Show to discuss rights of conscience litigation for healthcare workers. | MP3 audio 21:03 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/18/matt-bowman-on-the-mary-reichard-show-rights-of-conscience-litigation-for-healthcare-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/sebelius-gets-earful-re-conscience-rules/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/sebelius-gets-earful-re-conscience-rules/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:09:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95627 One News Now (includes photo of Matt): Matt Bowman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, applauds lawmakers' desire to see those laws enforced, not repealed. "It's right for the members of the United States House to be concerned that the administration of the federal government would decide not to enforce those laws," says Bowman, "especially in light of the fact that the Alliance Defense Fund has represented already three clients in...the last year who have faith violations of these federal conscience laws." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/sebelius-gets-earful-re-conscience-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/house-members-confront-hhs-on-conscience-protections/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/house-members-confront-hhs-on-conscience-protections/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:04:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95623 Charisma Online (includes photo of Matt Bowman): “Medical professionals should not be punished for holding to their beliefs, and they should not be forced to perform abortions against their conscience,” says ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. “Members of the House are justified in asking why the Obama administration would be seeking to repeal such protections, especially in light of the recent examples of abuse involving ADF clients.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/house-members-confront-hhs-on-conscience-protections/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/members-of-congress-press-sebelius-on-moral-conscience-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/members-of-congress-press-sebelius-on-moral-conscience-law/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:31:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95502 Christian Post: One of the two cases cited in the letter was that of registered New York nurse Catherina DeCarlo. DeCarlo alleged that she was forced by Mt. Sinai Hospital to participate in the abortion of an unborn baby against her moral and religious conscience. The other case was that of two nursing students who were being required to sign a letter committing to assisting in abortions in order to be considered for Vanderbilt University’s obstetrical and gynecological care program. Alliance Defense Fund served as legal counsel in both cases. “Medical professionals should not be punished for holding to their beliefs, and they should not be forced to perform abortions against their conscience,” commented Matt Bowman, ADF legal counsel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/members-of-congress-press-sebelius-on-moral-conscience-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/adf-cases-prompt-house-members-to-seek-rationale-from-sebelius-over-attack-on-conscience-protections/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/adf-cases-prompt-house-members-to-seek-rationale-from-sebelius-over-attack-on-conscience-protections/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:05:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95340 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/adf-cases-prompt-house-members-to-seek-rationale-from-sebelius-over-attack-on-conscience-protections/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/the-vanderbilt-abortion-decision-how-obama-can-better-protect-civil-right/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/the-vanderbilt-abortion-decision-how-obama-can-better-protect-civil-right/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:12:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92447 writing at The Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "The decision came just 24 hours after attorneys at the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit legal group, filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging the requirement . . . The Vanderbilt case is a classic example of a conscience violation in the context of health care . . . [The Church Amendment] is silent on key aspects of enforcement . . . the fate of such investigations is very much up in the air as a result of the Obama Administration’ssuspension of the 2008 regulations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/the-vanderbilt-abortion-decision-how-obama-can-better-protect-civil-right/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/court-says-no-to-nurses-conscience-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/court-says-no-to-nurses-conscience-rights/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:55:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87860 OneNewsNow: "A New York nurse has lost her appeal of a court decision involving a work incident that she believes violated her conscience rights . . . 'Unfortunately, the Obama administration has now taken the position that it will not enforce rights under the Church Amendment and has tried to set aside regulations passed in the Bush administration to give the Church Amendments more teeth and to protect pro-life healthcare workers,' [ADF Attorney Steve Aden] laments." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/court-says-no-to-nurses-conscience-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/have-us-conscience-clause-protections-been-eviscerated/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/have-us-conscience-clause-protections-been-eviscerated/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:28:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84625 writing at MercatorNet: "As a result of the federal courts’ jurisprudence and the current Administration’s unwillingness to enforce the Church Amendment, federal conscience clause protections are dead letters . . . Until the new Congress enacts specific legislation to allow individuals to vindicate the conscience rights Congress has given them (and overrides a Presidential veto), or until a new Administration is inaugurated that will live up to its duty of enforcing the laws on the books, federal conscience clause protections might as well not exist." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/have-us-conscience-clause-protections-been-eviscerated/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/acog-again-denies-conscience-rights-of-doctors-on-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/acog-again-denies-conscience-rights-of-doctors-on-abortion/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:03:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84198 LifeNews: "This month the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) reviewed and reaffirmed the 2007 Ethics Committee Number 385, entitled The Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine . . . The ACOG Ethics Committee rule requires pro-life physicians to refer for abortions. Furthermore, it disparages the notion of conscience to nothing more than a subjective feeling." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/acog-again-denies-conscience-rights-of-doctors-on-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/24/catholic-nurse-cant-sue-hospital-that-forced-her-to-assist-abortion-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/24/catholic-nurse-cant-sue-hospital-that-forced-her-to-assist-abortion-court/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:44:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83889 LifeSiteNews: "Today the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Catholic nurse who was forced by a New York hospital to participate in an abortion does not have the right to sue her employer . . . Alliance Defence Fund (ADF) attorneys had filed two suits in the case – one federal, filed in July 2009, and another state, filed earlier this year. " Cenzon-DeCarlo v. The Mount Sinai Hospital, No. 10-0556 (2nd Cir. Nov. 23, 2010) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/24/catholic-nurse-cant-sue-hospital-that-forced-her-to-assist-abortion-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/2nd-circuit-nurse-cant-sue-hospital-that-forced-her-to-do-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/2nd-circuit-nurse-cant-sue-hospital-that-forced-her-to-do-abortion/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:16:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83744 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/2nd-circuit-nurse-cant-sue-hospital-that-forced-her-to-do-abortion/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/piero-tozzi-on-currents-forced-abortion-at-mount-sinai-hospital/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/piero-tozzi-on-currents-forced-abortion-at-mount-sinai-hospital/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:37:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63242 Cenzon-DeCarlo v The Mount Sinai Hospital on Currents: "Six years ago, Catherina Cenzon de Carlo went to work at Mount Sinai hospital, and told her employers that – because of her religious beliefs — she could not assist with abortions. But last year, she says, Mt. Sinai violated her conscience rights, and ordered her to take part in an abortion. Now she’s suing the hospital. She’s being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, and last week her lawyer joined me to discuss her story." | MP4 8:23 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/16/piero-tozzi-on-currents-forced-abortion-at-mount-sinai-hospital/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/24/catholic-nurse%e2%80%99s-suits-allege-abortion-violated-her-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/24/catholic-nurse%e2%80%99s-suits-allege-abortion-violated-her-rights/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 16:55:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61379 Today's Catholic: "Cenzon-DeCarlo is being represented in the case by attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian legal alliance dedicated to defending religious liberty, sanctity of life, marriage and the family. 'Pro-life nurses shouldn’t be forced to assist in abortions against their beliefs,' said [Matt Bowman], the defense fund’s legal counsel, in a report from Catholic News Service." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/24/catholic-nurse%e2%80%99s-suits-allege-abortion-violated-her-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/health-reform-law-reignites-debate-over-health-worker-conscience-protections/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/health-reform-law-reignites-debate-over-health-worker-conscience-protections/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 16:14:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60512 Medical News Today: "[Matthew Bowman] of the Alliance Defense Fund said the law 'is thousands of pages of new government power, decision-making and funding.' He added, 'Any government power over health care can be exercised in a way that discriminates against pro-life health providers, especially when officials already support abortion and opposes enforcement of conscience laws.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/health-reform-law-reignites-debate-over-health-worker-conscience-protections/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/11/new-health-care-law-raises-concerns-about-respecting-providers-consciences/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/11/new-health-care-law-raises-concerns-about-respecting-providers-consciences/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 16:26:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60392 Washington Post: "'The act is thousands of pages of new government power, decision-making and funding,' said [Matthew S. Bowman] of the Alliance Defense Fund, which represents workers who object on religious grounds to being required to provide some forms of health care. 'Any government power over health care can be exercised in a way that discriminates against pro-life health providers, especially when officials already support abortion and oppose enforcement of conscience laws.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/11/new-health-care-law-raises-concerns-about-respecting-providers-consciences/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/chuck-colson-punishing-religious-beliefs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/chuck-colson-punishing-religious-beliefs/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 19:12:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60060 Christian Post: "The Alliance Defense Fund is representing Cenzon-DeCarlo, arguing that forcing her to assist in taking the life of a 22-week pre-born child is, 'illegal, unethical, and a violation of Cathy’s rights of conscience as a devout Catholic.' . . . Alan Sears, with the Alliance Defense Fund, has written a great article about this at ColsonCenter.org. He quotes Chai Feldblum, appointed by President Obama to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to Feldblum, 'Protecting one group’s identity may, at times, require that we burden others’ belief liberty.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/chuck-colson-punishing-religious-beliefs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/nurses-rights-violated-suit-filed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/nurses-rights-violated-suit-filed/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 17:08:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60043 OneNewsNow: "ADF legal counsel Matt Bowman explains the dispute. 'In this case, a nurse, Cathy (Cenzon) DeCarlo, was illegally forced to assist [in an] abortion by a hospital that receives hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funds,' he reports. 'We filed now two lawsuits against this hospital to make sure that Cathy DeCarlo's rights are protected.'" | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/nurses-rights-violated-suit-filed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/04/a-tale-of-nine-nurses-punishing-religious-beliefs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/04/a-tale-of-nine-nurses-punishing-religious-beliefs/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 16:30:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59801 writing at Crosswalk: "The Alliance Defense Fund is representing Cenzon-DeCarlo, arguing that forcing her to assist in taking the life of a 22-week pre-born child is, 'illegal, unethical, and a violation of Cathy's rights of conscience as a devout Catholic.' The ADF says Mt. Sinai violated state laws and intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon her." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/04/a-tale-of-nine-nurses-punishing-religious-beliefs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/matt-bowman-on-reality-check-live-ny-nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-files-2nd-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/matt-bowman-on-reality-check-live-ny-nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-files-2nd-suit/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 17:50:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/matt-bowman-on-reality-check-live-ny-nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-files-2nd-suit/ Matt Bowman appeared on Reality Check Live to discuss the Cenzon-DeCarlo case involving a nurse forced to participate in an abortion. | The MP3 runs approximately 15 minutes. | ADF press release: NY nurse forced to participate in abortion files additional suit against Mt. Sinai Hospital ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/matt-bowman-on-reality-check-live-ny-nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-files-2nd-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/nurse-sues-hospital-over-forced-abortion-assist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/nurse-sues-hospital-over-forced-abortion-assist/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 16:30:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59673 NY Daily News: "'They knew her objections on the day she was hired,' said lawyer [Matt Bowman] of the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian organization that filed suit in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Cenzon-DeCarlo's behalf." | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/nurse-sues-hospital-over-forced-abortion-assist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-sues-mt-sinai-hospital-second-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-sues-mt-sinai-hospital-second-time/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:15:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59498 Evangelical Examiner: "'An individual’s conscience is often what brings health care workers into the medical field,' said lead counsel Joseph Ruta, one of more than 1,600 attorneys in the ADF alliance. 'Denying or coercing their conscience will likely drive them right out.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/nurse-forced-to-assist-in-abortion-sues-mt-sinai-hospital-second-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/ny-nurse-forced-to-help-with-abortion-files-another-suit-against-hospital/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/ny-nurse-forced-to-help-with-abortion-files-another-suit-against-hospital/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:12:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59488 LifeSiteNews: "Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Friday against Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York state court, on behalf of a nurse forced to participate in a late-term abortion procedure under threat of disciplinary action, including possible termination and loss of her license . . . 'Pro-life nurses shouldn’t be forced to assist in abortions against their beliefs,' said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. 'It is illegal, unethical, and a violation of Cathy’s rights of conscience as a devout Catholic to require her to participate in terminating the life of a 22-week pre-born child.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/ny-nurse-forced-to-help-with-abortion-files-another-suit-against-hospital/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/ny-nurse-forced-to-participate-in-abortion-files-additional-suit-against-mt-sinai-hospital/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/ny-nurse-forced-to-participate-in-abortion-files-additional-suit-against-mt-sinai-hospital/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:45:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59429 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/ny-nurse-forced-to-participate-in-abortion-files-additional-suit-against-mt-sinai-hospital/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-unchecked-government-health-care-endangers-conscience-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-unchecked-government-health-care-endangers-conscience-rights/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:54:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56746 writing in The Washington Examiner: "Cathy DeCarlo of Brooklyn and her family followed the health reform debate more closely than some others might have. Cathy is Catholic and a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Less than a year ago, the federally-funded hospital forced her to assist in a 22-week dismemberment abortion, despite her tearful pleas that she be spared the horror. President Obama’s health reform executive order on abortion claims to protect the conscience rights of pro-life health providers like Cathy. But on closer reading, the order proves to be yet another presidential action that makes every pro-life health care provider a potential 'next Cathy DeCarlo.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/matt-bowman-unchecked-government-health-care-endangers-conscience-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/23/women-and-medical-professionals-ask-court-to-intervene-in-federal-case-to-protect-the-right-to-conscience/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/23/women-and-medical-professionals-ask-court-to-intervene-in-federal-case-to-protect-the-right-to-conscience/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:04:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56377 ChristianNewsWire: "Representing Concerned Women for America, America's largest women's advocacy group and four other groups of pro-life medical professionals, attorneys with Advocates International filed a joint motion to lift stay and at last permit their intervention in three lawsuits commenced on January 15, 2009 that seek to invalidate a final federal regulation protecting medical professionals from discrimination because they refuse to participate in abortions . . . On behalf of the Christian Medical Association, Catholic Medical Association, and American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund and Christian Legal Society also joined in this motion [ADF news release] to lift stay and intervene asking the court to be allowed to defend the law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/23/women-and-medical-professionals-ask-court-to-intervene-in-federal-case-to-protect-the-right-to-conscience/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/adf-cls-focus-attention-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care-battle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/adf-cls-focus-attention-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care-battle/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:16:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/adf-cls-focus-attention-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care-battle/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/adf-cls-focus-attention-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care-battle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/16/matt-bowman-11-billion-for-community-health-centers-that-wont-promote-abortion-dont-bet-on-it/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/16/matt-bowman-11-billion-for-community-health-centers-that-wont-promote-abortion-dont-bet-on-it/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:10:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55594 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/16/matt-bowman-11-billion-for-community-health-centers-that-wont-promote-abortion-dont-bet-on-it/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/byu-conference-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/byu-conference-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:00:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53516 Mirror of Justice Blog and mentions the Cenzon-DeCarlo case that ADF is litigating. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/byu-conference-on-rights-of-conscience-in-health-care/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/25/steven-h-aden-in-the-battle-for-liberty-the-left-has-a-lot-of-conscience-objectors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/25/steven-h-aden-in-the-battle-for-liberty-the-left-has-a-lot-of-conscience-objectors/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:28:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49474 writing in the Washington Examiner: "In cases like these all over America, medical professionals are being harassed, intimidated, ostracized, and sued for having the gall to believe that innocent life is sacred and for choosing to “opt out” of destroying that life. So widespread is the persecution, and so increasingly open are elected officials like Attorney General Coakley and academics like Dr. Cantor in endorsing it, that even casual observers can only come to one of two conclusion . . . And if the price of that saturation coverage is the closing of every Catholic, Evangelical, and Protestant-sponsored hospital and the dismissal of every Christian doctor, nurse, pharmacist, and paramedic in the country, so be it." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/25/steven-h-aden-in-the-battle-for-liberty-the-left-has-a-lot-of-conscience-objectors/feed/ 0