Catholic Bishops Tell Trump Admin to Not Expand IVF Over Moral Concerns
U.S. Catholic bishops and allied Catholic medical organizations have
urged the Labor Department to reject a proposed rule expanding insurance
coverage for in vitro fertilization.
They are citing serious moral objections to the destruction of human
embryos and the separation of procreation from marriage and family.
In public comments submitted to the department, the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops, along with the Catholic Medical Association, the
National Catholic Bioethics Center and the National Association of
Catholic Nurses, USA, called for excluding IVF from expanded “limited
excepted benefits” coverage. The groups expressed support for
fertility-related insurance that respects unborn human life and the
natural process of procreation but strongly opposed including IVF. ---More...
Trust in Congress, Liberal Media Approaches All-Time Low
The American public’s trust in major U.S. institutions is rapidly
approaching a record low, with Congress and mainstream media faring the
worst.
According to a Gallup survey published
this week, American trust in 12 of 14 institutions is at or nearing
record lows, with only an average of 27% placing their trust in major
U.S. institutions. Small business was rated the most trustworthy (67%),
followed by the military and police, at 61% and 45% respectively.
Organized religion was next in line (33%), followed by banks and the
medical system (tied at 28%).
Americans placed the same degree of trust (27%) in the presidency,
the U.S. Supreme Court, and public schools, one point ahead of organized
labor (26%). One-fifth (20%) of Americans said that they trust big
technology companies (20%), while Big Business (17%) and the criminal
justice system (17%) both scored lower. Newspapers (17%) and television
news (14%) clocked in just above Congress (9%). While the medical
system’s current trust score rivals its own all-time low, public schools
and newspapers are only one point above their record lows, and the
Supreme Court and Congress are only two points away from their lowest
points. ---More...
