Roger Severino

Roger Severino is a former senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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EPPC Scholars Submit Public Comment Opposing HHS Section 1557 Proposed Transgender Mandate in Healthcare

Rachel N. Morrison

It will be the height of arbitrariness and capriciousness to finalize such a dangerous rule in the face of these and the many other grave harms identified in this comment when they are not only not mandated by Congress, but go against the very statute the Proposed Rule purports to enforce.

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/ October 3, 2022

A Couple’s Long Journey in the Pro-Life Movement

Roger Severino

As the fall of Roe v. Wade rocked the country, Carrie and Roger Severino celebrated the realization of decades of…

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The New York Times / June 28, 2022

How to Battle Biden’s Regulatory Leviathan and Win (Even on LGBT Issues)

Roger Severino

It seems like every other week, a new gender-identity announcement has come out of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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National Review Online / May 3, 2022

EPPC Scholars Meet with Federal Officials to Discuss Concerns over Anticipated Section 1557 Rulemaking

Roger Severino

EPPC’s Roger Severino and Rachel N. Morrison met with HHS officials to discuss concerns over a new rule that could redefine standards of care by requiring doctors to perform experimental transgender surgeries (including on minors) against their ethical and medical judgment, and by requiring insurance plans to pay for such dangerous interventions.

 

EPPC Scholars Meet with Federal Officials to Discuss Concerns over Proposed Rescission of Health Care Conscience…

Rachel N. Morrison

EPPC’s HHS Accountability Project Scholars Senior Fellow Roger Severino and Fellow Rachel N. Morrison met with federal government officials to discuss concerns over an upcoming proposal by the Department of Health and Human Services that would rescind health care conscience regulations.

 

An Open Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra on Ending the Covid-19 Public Health “Emergency”

Ryan T. Anderson

Human flourishing requires both public health and individual liberty and an appropriate balance between these goods when they conflict. We know that human beings flourish in community; we are social by nature. As such, we should not be surprised that government Covid-19 regulations mandating school closures, lockdowns, masking, and vaccination have isolated us from our fellow citizens and imposed significant attendant harms. It is time to declare this emergency over and once again let people take responsibility for themselves.

Public Discourse / March 18, 2022

Is Your Neighbor a Covid-Information Terrorist? Are You? DHS Wants to Know

Roger Severino

Rational people will still wonder how Covid information — even if false, outdated, or taken out of context — has anything remotely to do with terrorism.

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National Review Online / February 14, 2022

EPPC Scholars Submit Public Comment Opposing HHS’s Proposed Insurance Mandate for Transgender Puberty-Blocking Drugs, Cross-Sex…

Ryan T. Anderson

On January 27, 2022, EPPC scholars Ryan T. Anderson, Roger Severino, Rachel N. Morrison, and Mary Rice Hasson submitted a public…

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EPPC Scholars Submit Public Comment Opposing OSHA’s Unlawful Vaccine Mandate

Roger Severino

EPPC scholars Roger Severino, Rachel N. Morrison, Dr. David Gortler, and Dr. Aaron Kheriaty submitted a public comment opposing finalization of OSHA’s rule that would mandate COVID-19 vaccination in workplaces.

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Publications / January 20, 2022

EPPC Scholars Submit Public Comment Opposing Proposal to Eliminate Protections for Faith-Based Contractors

Roger Severino

EPPC scholars Roger Severino and Rachel N. Morrison submitted a public comment opposing a proposal by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to rescind various protections for faith-based contractors that allow them to partner with the federal government and serve the American people without having to abandon tenets of their faith or their religious identity.

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Publications / December 10, 2021

EPPC Scholar Letter on “Grave Religious Liberty and Fairness Interests at Stake” in Bill to…

Roger Severino

EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Severino submitted a letter for the official record at the Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Labor, for its hearing “A Call to Action: Modernizing the Community Services Block Grant.” The letter addresses the “grave religious liberty and fairness interests at stake” in a proposal to reauthorize the CSBG program.

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In OSHA We Trust?

Roger Severino

The administration is exploiting a little-used OSHA ‘emergency’ standard to do its dirty work of coercing millions of Americans to get vaxxed.

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National Review Online / October 28, 2021