Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, who has problems of his own in his former Milwaukee archdiocese, is leading a procession of lawsuits opposing a national requirement of health insurance companies to cover contraceptives. The cardinal called it “totalitarian incursions against religious liberty.” His principle argument is that religious institutions should not “… be forced […]
Author: Lon Newman
Lon Newman, MS, champions the cause of accessible, affordable family planning for all—including the poor and the uninsured. His agency serves about 10,000 women a year, offering reproductive health care, contraceptive services and education, and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program at eight clinics. He is Executive Director of Family Planning Health Services, Public Affairs Chair of the Wisconsin Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, and President of the Women's Health Network of Wisconsin. In 2004, he was one of ten individuals nation wide to be awarded the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program Award.