WASHINGTON – Today, the House is expected to vote on H.R. 2740, a “minibus” appropriations bill which would set funding for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies. The legislation has become highly controversial as House Democrats have added numerous provisions reversing Trump administration policies and advancing a staunchly progressive … Read more
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would be issuing a rule protecting the conscience rights of health care professionals and organizations, making clear that they will not be subject to government discrimination due to their religious objections to practices such as abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide. In response, Terry Schilling, executive director … Read more
Yesterday, during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump praised the work of religious adoption agencies and promised to defend them from attempts to shut them down for operating according to their beliefs: “We will always protect our country’s long and proud tradition of faith-based adoption. My administration is working to ensure that faith-based … Read more
WASHINGTON – Today, in response to an onerous, discriminatory regulation implemented by the Obama administration nine days before President Trump took office, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would be approving a request by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster for an exception … Read more
WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, Kelvin Cochran – the Atlanta Fire Chief who was fired in 2014 for authoring a Christian devotional book that expressed traditionally Christian views on human sexuality – won a $1.2 million settlement from the City of Atlanta after a court determined that the City had unfairly discriminated against Cochran on the … Read more
Washington, D.C. – A group of 40 Senate Democrats declared war on Catholic Charities and other faith-based child welfare providers on Wednesday by signing a letter opposing the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which passed the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month as part of the FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill. The Democrats called on … Read more
Washington, D.C. – A group of congressional Democrats, including Rep. Ted Lieu (D-California) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-California), took to Twitter on Tuesday night to state their opposition to the “Aderholt Amendment”, otherwise known as H.R. 1881, the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act. Earlier this month, the House Appropriations Committee passed the Inclusion Act as an amendment to the … Read more
APP Director of Government Affairs Jon Schweppe and Communications Director Paul Dupont write in an op-ed for The Federalist: A House committee passed a bill earlier this month that would allow faith-based adoption and foster-care agencies to continue operating in accord with their moral beliefs. Democrats responded calling the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act “disgusting, deeply … Read more
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Committee passed H.R. 1881, the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, as an amendment to the FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill. The amendment, which was introduced by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama), passed 29-23. The Inclusion Act is a legislative response to rampant discrimination against faith-based child welfare … Read more
Washington, D.C. – American Principles Project has announced that it is endorsing H.R. 1881, the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, introduced by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania). The bill prohibits the federal government — or any state or local government that receives money for child welfare service programs — from discriminating against child welfare service providers that … Read more