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Chuck Donovan

All Publications by Chuck Donovan
  • WebMemo posted August 2, 2011 by Chuck Donovan HHS’s New Health Guidelines Trample on Conscience

    The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new preventive services guidelines are a disaster for freedom of conscience and a fresh illustration of the political hammerlock “reproductive rights” organizations have on the Obama Administration. Forcing private insurance plans to pay for morally controversial offerings such…

  • WebMemo posted June 28, 2011 by Chuck Donovan Five Impacts of the New York Same-Sex Marriage Vote

    The New York legislature’s June 24 vote to redefine the family and recognize homosexual marriage will have a number of short-term and long-term impacts within and well beyond the Empire State.[1] The vote does not signal an end to the now two-decade fight over the meaning of marriage.…

  • Backgrounder posted June 7, 2011 by Chuck Donovan A Marshall Plan for Marriage: Rebuilding Our Shattered Homes

    Abstract: Marriage and family are declining in America, following a trend well established in Europe. This breakdown of the American family has dire implications for American society and the U.S. economy. Halting and reversing the sustained trends of nearly four decades will not happen…

  • WebMemo posted May 6, 2011 by Chuck Donovan Winning DOMA on the Merits of Marriage

    If Olympic medals were handed out for hubris, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a gay activist group, would be the clear favorite for the gold. Its ruthless effort to deprive the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) a top-notch defense in federal court has collapsed at the starting block. But this…

  • Backgrounder posted April 5, 2011 by Chuck Donovan A Clash of Integrities: Moral and Religious Liberty in the Armed Forces

    Abstract: The repeal of the 1993 law prohibiting open homosexuality in the military poses significant risk for military service members and chaplains who, as matters of religious or moral conviction, hold to traditional values regarding marriage and sexual…

  • WebMemo posted January 19, 2011 by Chuck Donovan Obamacare and the Ethics of Life: Weakening Medical Conscience and the Protection of Life

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)[1] contains several provisions that weaken longstanding federal policy denying public subsidies for elective abortion and health care plans that provide coverage of elective abortion. In addition, PPACA fails to adequately protect the conscience rights of health care insurers, providers, and…

  • WebMemo posted April 19, 2010 by Chuck Donovan Obamacare: Impact on Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

    Obamacare: Impact on Taxpayer Funding of Abortion The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will spawn a new wave of federal and state legislative debate—as well as judicial action—on abortion funding. Moreover, the executive order signed by President …

  • WebMemo posted April 12, 2010 by Chuck Donovan Obamacare: Impact on the Family

    Families have good reason to be concerned about how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010[1] will affect them. While the law will deliver a health insurance entitlement to millions of individuals and families, many of its provisions weaken family choice of coverage, undermine…

  • WebMemo posted March 4, 2010 by Chuck Donovan Abortion Coverage in President Obama's Health Care Reform Bill

    President Obama has put forward another variant of health care reform whose foundation is H.R. 3590. Nearly a year after the President launched the health reform process with a White House summit, public opinion has moved even more strongly in the direction of keeping longstanding prohibitions on federal…

  • WebMemo posted February 4, 2010 by Curtis Dubay, Chuck Donovan Impact of Child Care Tax Credit Increase on Families and Economy

    Impact of Child Care Tax Credit Increase on Families and Economy Curtis S. Dubay and Chuck Donovan …