• WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID (AND DIDN’T DO) TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

    WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID (AND DIDN’T DO) TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

    On July 1, Magna Carta, in one of its four surviving original copies, the one from Lincoln Cathedral, began a U.S. Tour with an exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. The legal document, dating from June 15, 1215 — which means it’s celebrating its eight-hundredth anniversary — begins and ends with King John guaranteeing…

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  • HOBBY LOBBY AND WIDESPREAD CONFUSION ABOUT WHEN PREGNANCY BEGINS

    HOBBY LOBBY AND WIDESPREAD CONFUSION ABOUT WHEN PREGNANCY BEGINS

    Is there a huge hole in the news coverage about mandatory contraceptive health insurance? The answer is yes. The question is why.  There is almost a media blackout of any detailed explanation about WHY the Green family, owner of the Hobby Lobby store chain, is willing to provide 16 of the 20 federally required forms…

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  • SAVING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR THE TIME BEING

    SAVING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR THE TIME BEING

    On the last day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the religious-freedom challenge to the requirement that employers provide free coverage for contraceptives that can cause abortion by preventing the implantation of a human embryo…

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  • PLLDF SPEAKS AT MCFL CONVENTION

    PLLDF SPEAKS AT MCFL CONVENTION

    On 3/29/14, MCFL held its annual pro-life convention at Assumption College in Worcester. Attendees were treated an impressive array of speakers who presented pro-life developments from the medical, educational, legal and religious perspectives. It was a most informative day for all participants!  PLLDF board member, Professor Dwight Duncan, and former member and acting president, Attorney…

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  • MCCULLEN V. COAKLEY: BIG WIN FOR PRO-LIFE AT UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

    MCCULLEN V. COAKLEY: BIG WIN FOR PRO-LIFE AT UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

    On June 26, 2014 The Supreme Court of the United States announced a unanimous decision declaring the Massachusetts buffer zone law unconstitutional. This is an enormous victory for pro-life free speech, and a tribute to the endurance of the McCullen petitioners, their counsel, and all of their supporters! In 2007, Massachusetts amended the 2000 Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act,…

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