FRC's Jeanne Monahan to Testify before House Judiciary Committee on Obama Contraceptive Mandate

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Feb 28, 2012, 07:00 ET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Jeanne Monahan, director of the Family Research Council's (FRC) Center for Human Dignity, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate. The hearing, titled "Executive Overreach: The HHS [Department of Health and Human Services] Mandate Versus Religious Liberty," will take place at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

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WHO: Jeanne Monahan, MTS, Director, Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council

WHAT: House Judiciary Committee Hearing: "Executive Overreach: The HHS Mandate Versus Religious Liberty"

WHERE: 2141 Rayburn Building, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.

WHEN: 2:30 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, Feb. 28

Ms. Monahan will be joined by William Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport, CT and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty; Asma Uddin, attorney with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; and Linda Rosenstock, dean of the UCLA School of Public Health.

Click here to read Ms. Monahan's U.S. News & World Report op-ed on the contraceptive mandate: http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-catholic-and-other-religious-institutions-have-to-cover-birth-control/the-uproar-over-obamas-choice-has-to-do-with-more-than-contraception

SOURCE Family Research Council