January 2012

Contraceptive Mandate Faces Court Challenge

January 31, 2012 The Obama Administration’s decision to force religious organizations to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs is being challenged in court by Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college in North Carolina, and Colorado Christian University.  The ultimate decision could eventually rest with the US Supreme Court.

Obama Administration Rejects Calls for Religious Exemption to Contraceptive Mandate

January 20, 2012 Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Catholic institutions which had sought a religious exemption from the “contraceptive mandate” would have to comply with the requirement to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortifacient drugs through their health plans regardless of their moral objections.  Under the policy announced today, religious non-profits …

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