Please visit our Conscience Protection page to stay updated on our efforts regarding the unjust HHS contraception/sterilization mandate.
Resources
Church Documents and Teachings
- Married Love and the Gift of Life, USCCB, November 14, 2006
(en español) - Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fifth Edition, USCCB, November 17, 2009
- Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life ,
Pope John Paul II, March 25, 1995 (en español ) - Humanae Vitae: On the Regulation of Births ,
Pope Paul VI, July 25, 1968 (en español ) - Dignitas Personae: Instruction on Certain Bioethical Questions , The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, September 8, 2008 (en español )
Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets
- Greater Access to Contraception Does Not Reduce Abortions (February 2020)
- Does the HHS Mandate Include Abortifacients?
- Preventive Services Backgrounder
- Researchers Agree with Pope on Condoms & AIDS
- Emergency Contraception Fails to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion
- Contraceptive Mandates
- Title X Program
Articles and Publications
- Over-the-Counter Contraceptiveserrible Idea,
by Susan Wills, December 21, 2012 (en español) - A Foolish Inconsistency on Contraception,
by Susan Wills, October 31, 2012 (en español) - Contraception: The Fine Print, by Susan E. Wills, Esq. (en español)
- Life Matters: Contraception by Susan E. Wills, Esq. (en español)
- Life Matters: Contraceptives and Women’s Well-Being
by Susan E. Wills, Esq. (en español) - The Contraceptive Mandate: What Is Its Real Impact?
by Susan Wills, April 16, 2012 (en español) - Nicholas Kristof and Toddlers: When You Really Neeact Checker , by Susan Wills, November 9, 2011
- Depo Provera: What the NYT Did Not See Fit to Print, by Susan Wills, November 3, 2011
- The High Costs of "Free" Birth Control, by Richard Doerflinger, July 28, 2011 (en español)
- Things Planned Parenthood's 'Truth Team' Forgot to Mention , by Susan Wills, April 10, 2011
- The Prevention Deception: How Not to Reduce Abortions, by Richard Doerflinger, 2007 (en español)
- How NOT to Reduce Abortions and Support Parents, Life Insight, October/November 2006
- Contraception and Abortion: The Underlying Link by Rev. Walter Schu, L.C., 2005 (en español)
- Emergency Contraception: Boon or Bane? by Susan Wills, 2001 (en español)
Columns and Commentary
- Letter in Response to NY Times article of June 6, 2012, "No Abortion Role Seen for Morning-After Pill," by Richard M. Doerflinger, June 7, 2012
- Finding Truth and Peace this Lent, by Susan E. Wills, Life Issues Forum, March 4, 2011 (en español)
- Let the Taxpayers Beware!, by Susan E. Wills, Life Issues Forum, July 24, 2009 (en español)
- Pope Benedict Is Right!, by Susan E. Wills, Life Issues Forum, April 3, 2009 (en español)
- Be Her Joseph! by Tom Mealey, Life Issues Forum, March 20, 2009 (En Español)
- On the 40th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, by Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, Life Issues Forum, July 25, 2008
- Give Kids Respect, Not Contraceptives, by Susan Wills and Theresa Notare, Life Issues Forum,, November 2, 2007
- First, Do No Harm, by Susan E. Wills, Life Issues Forum, March 9, 2007
- Childless by Choice or Chance, by Mary E. Jaminet, Life Issues Forum, December 1, 2006
- Practical Steps tealthier Marriage, by Theresa Notare, Life Issues Forum, November 3, 2006
- No Contraception Link, by Susan Wills, Op-Ed. in The Washington Post, October 21, 2006
- Some Freebies Cost Too Much, by Susan E. Wills, Life Issues Forum, Esq., June 30, 2006
- "Prevention First": Dumb Plan or Dumbest Plan?, by Susan Wills, Life Issues Forum, May 5, 2006
- Making Good Marriages Great, by Theresa Notare, Life Issues Forum, July 27, 2005
- Will the Winner Please Stand Up, by Gail Quinn, Life Issues Forum, March 12, 2004
- The Truth About Reproductive Health, by Theresa Notare, Life Issues Forum, November 22, 2002
- Catholic or Noho Decides?, Maureen Kramlich, Life Issues Forum, February 15, 2002
- No Rest from "Mischief", by Theresa Notare, Life Issues Forum, July 21, 2000
- Truth Pressed to Earth Will Rise Again, by Susan Wills, Life Issues Forum, March 18, 2000
Testimony and Letters
- Comments on Interim Final Rules Imposing Contraceptive Mandate, August, 2011
- Cardinal DiNardo Letter on Defunding Planned Parenthood, April 13, 2011
- Regarding Interim Final Rules Relating to Coverage of Preventative Services, September 17, 2010
- Funding Abstinence-Education Programs, Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Cardinal Justin Rigali, May 9, 2007
- Opposing Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (EPICC), Letter to Senate, Gail Quinn, July 25, 2002
- Oppose EPICC, Letter to Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Gail Quinn, September 10, 2001
- Mandated Contraceptive Coverage and Conscience Protection, Letter to Congress, Rev. Msgr. Dennis Schnurr, July 26, 2000
- The Lowey Amendment: Catholic Health Care and Mandatory Contraception, Letter to Congress, Gail Quinn, June 22, 1998
News Releases and Statements
- Bishops to Congress: Aime of Painful Budget Cuts, Defunding Planned Parenthood 'Not One of Those Hard Choices' April 14, 2011
- Pro-Life Spokesperson Urges Institute of Medicine Committee to Focus on Life-Saving Preventive Health Services for Women, Exclude Contraception, Sterilization November 16, 2010
- Pro-Life Spokeswoman Objects to FDA Approval of "Morning-After Pill" for Minors Without Prescription
April 23, 2009 - Cardinal Urges Congress to Continue Funding Abstinence Programs, May 9, 2007
- Response to Guttmacher Institute's Claims on Contraception and Abortion Policy, May 11, 2006
- Latest Guttmacher Institute Report At Odds With Itself, May 3, 2006
- Bishops' Pro-Life Official Critiques New Guttmacher Report, March 1, 2006
- United States Bishops' Statement on Population, November 12, 1973
- Statement on the Goverment and Birth Control, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 14, 1966