Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health department
The religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health departmentCritics fret some agency leaders are blurring the lines between church and state.
By DAN DIAMOND 01/22/2018 05:00 AM EST
A small cadre of politically prominent evangelicals inside the Department of Health and Human Services have spent months quietly planning how to weaken federal protections for abortion and transgender care a strategy that's taking shape in a series of policy moves that took even their own staff by surprise.
Those officials include Roger Severino, an anti-abortion lawyer who now runs the Office of Civil Rights and last week laid out new protections allowing health care workers with religious or moral objections to abortion and other procedures to opt out. Shannon Royce, the agency's key liaison with religious and grass-roots organizations, has also emerged as a pivotal player.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/22/trump-religious-activists-hhs-351735
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
3 replies, 624 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (10)
ReplyReply to this post
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
The religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health department (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Jan 2018
OP
Initech
(100,059 posts)1. Who needs Al Qaeda when you have fundamentalist evangelicals?
These people are terrorists. Good lord I hate these assholes.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. Y'all Qaeda are determined to turn the USA into
the Republic of Gilead.
Initech
(100,059 posts)3. Y'all Qaeda!!!