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The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed a regulation<\/a> that will require businesses with over 50 employees to provide\u00a0health\u00a0insurance for\u00a0birth control and surgical sterilization, even if they object to doing so for reasons of conscience.\u00a0\u00a0The regulations includes\u00a0exemptions for objecting “religious employers” (largely limited to houses of worship) and objecting religious non-profit organizations.\u00a0 However, the continued demand that\u00a0objecting business owners be forced to comply and the\u00a0nature of the exemptions remain\u00a0unacceptable to many religious organizations.\u00a0 Speaking for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Eric Rassbach, Deputy General Counsel,\u00a0said:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

When it comes to religious liberty, the Department of Health and Human Services is acting like a kid who doesn\u2019t want to eat his lima beans. Our Constitution and laws require them to protect religious exercise, but they really don\u2019t want to, so they are trying every trick in the book to avoid doing so. But we will keep suing until the courts make HHS comply with its obligations. [Becket Fund News Release<\/a>]<\/h5>\n

The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Committee has issued a report <\/a>accusing the Obama administration and Department of Health and Human Services of “unprecedented abuse” of religious liberty.<\/p>\n

There are now 61 civil suits filed against the regulation, with over 200 plaintiffs. [Becket Fund, HHS\u00a0Information Central<\/a>].\u00a0 In one of them,\u00a0a unanimous decision by the10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has directed a lower court allow a civil suit brought by Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores.\u00a0 The owners of the company object to being forced to provide embryocidal forms of birth control.\u00a0 They are seeking an injunction against the enforcement of the regulation\u00a0[The Tennessean<\/em><\/a>].\u00a0 A Largo, Florida, company with the same objections has been granted a preliminary injunction [Tampa Tribune<\/em><\/a>], as has Geneva College, a Christian college in Pennsylvania [NCR<\/a>].<\/p>\n

American Catholic bishops have been adamant that the HHS regulation is unacceptable, once again declaring a “Fortnight for Freedom”<\/a> from 21 June to 4 July to encourage opposition to it and support for freedom of religion.\u00a0 Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, has been one of the leading opponents of the law.\u00a0 The Archdiocese of New York is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuits against the regulation.\u00a0 However, the Archdiocese of New York has, for years,\u00a0been indirectly paying for health insurance for employees of the Catholic Health Care System that includes coverage for contraception and abortion.\u00a0 The arrangement was approved by Cardinal Dolan’s predecessor, Archbishop John O’Connor, who died in 2000.\u00a0 A spokesman for the Archdiocese stated that the coverage is provided “under protest.”\u00a0 [New York Times<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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