NEWS RELEASE
WHO: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor, Geneva College President Ken Smith
WHAT: Press conference announcing new lawsuit against Obama birth control/abortifacient mandate
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. EST
WHERE: Geneva College, 3200 College Ave., Skye Lounge Student Center, Beaver Falls
BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor will join Geneva College President Ken Smith Tuesday at a press conference to announce a new federal lawsuit against the Obama administration’s unconstitutional mandate that religious employers provide abortifacients, sterilization, and contraception to employees regardless of religious or moral objections.
“People of faith shouldn’t be punished by the state for following that faith in making decisions for themselves or their organizations,” said Baylor. “Every American should know that a government with the power to do this to anyone can do this–and worse–to everyone.”
ADF attorney sound bite: Gregory S. Baylor
“At Geneva College, we only have one Lord, and he does not live in Washington, D.C.,” Smith said. “The First Amendment protects Americans from mandates that require us to act against our own convictions. We find the mandate to provide our faculty, staff, and students with insurance that provides pills to abort babies totally abhorrent and unacceptable. The government shouldn’t be able to force anyone to buy or sell insurance that subsidizes morally objectionable treatments.”
The lawsuit, Geneva College v. Sebelius, will be filed in federal court Tuesday.
Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences, and professional studies founded in the tradition of the Reformed Presbyterian faith. According to its website, Geneva provides “an academically rigorous education comprised of distinctive and innovative courses. Geneva offers over 40 undergraduate majors and seven master’s degree programs.”