Articles on this issue "sterilization"

US Bishops Announce 2nd Fortnight for Freedom

Prayer Effort Answers Threats to Religious Liberty

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The second annual Fortnight for Freedom will take place from June 21 to July 4, and will consist of national and local efforts to educate Americans on challenges to religious liberty both at …

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US Bishops Note Support for Challengers to Contraception Mandate

"we will continue our vigorous efforts"

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Here is a statement released today by Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the US bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty. * * * Chairman’s Statement in Support of …

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Monday Is Deadline for Protesting Contraception Mandate

"Comments" Must Be Submitted on Proposed Rule by April 8

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The Knights of Columbus are among those reminding US citizens that Monday is the deadline for submitting public comments regarding the mandate requiring most health insurance plans to cover …

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Bishop Admits Ethical Lapse in Catholic Hospitals

Sterilizations Discontinued as a Result

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A bishop of Texas is admitting that reports claiming Catholic hospitals have been performing sterilizations were correct, and ethical directives have been misinterpreted. Anonymous researchers …

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Texan Catholic Hospitals Accused of Ethical Lapses

Bishops Looking Into Possible Sterilizations, Abortions

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Catholic hospitals in Texas may have been allowing procedures opposed to ethical guidelines, namely contraceptive sterilization and abortion, according to an analysis of reports on inpatient …

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Pro-lifer in Peru Now Heads a Key Panel

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Observers are hoping the election of an independent congressman to the presidency of the congressional Health, Population and Family Commission will mark the end of a coercive …

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Peru Reopens Sterilization Inquiry

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A parliamentary panel has reopened an investigation into the forced sterilization of more than 320,000 rural Peruvian women under the alleged authorization of Alberto Fujimori, BBC reported. …

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Forced Sterilizations, Past and Present

Eugenic Mentality Lives On

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Public authorities in several American states have apologized for the forced sterilization programs that left thousands unable to have children. In the decades following World War I, many …

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Denying accusations from Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani said that he was a tenacious critic of the mass sterilization campaigns carried out during the …

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U.N., U.S. and NGOs Promoted Forced Sterilizations in Peru

Parliamentarian Testifies Before Subcommittee

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The United Nations, the Clinton administration, and Peruvian and Japanese nongovernmental organizations were responsible for thousands of forced sterilizations under the government of Alberto …

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John Paul II Assails Policies That Attack the Family

Warns of Sterilization, Abortion and Divorce in Address to Brazilian Bishops

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John Paul II condemned demographic policies that resort to mass sterilizations and promotion of abortion and divorce, saying they produce "tragic results" for the family. The Pope addressed …

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Panama's bishops are opposing legislation that would govern the sterilization of women. A document, signed by the episcopal conference's Permanent Committee, says the legislation discriminates …

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Doctor Must Pay for Child After Error in Mother's Sterilization

Argument for Abortion Is Criticized

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A Venice court ordered a gynecologist to pay for the food and maintenance of a child until he comes of age, because his birth was due to an error in his mother's sterilization operation. The …

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Peruvian Health Minister Asks Forgiveness for Sterilizations

Carried Out During Fujimori Administration

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A Peruvian official publicly requested forgiveness for the forced sterilizations carried out by the Fujimori government. Health Minister Fernando Carbone Campoverde published a report on the …

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Almost 300,000 Peruvian Women Forcibly Sterilized Over 10 Years

With Support from USAID and the UNFPA

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Close to 300,000 Peruvian women were forcibly sterilized under former President Alberto Fujimoris government, with help from the United States and the United Nations, an official disclosed. …

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