Wheaton College Reinstates HHS Lawsuit
A case one judge dismissed as premature is reinstated after federal court ruling.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday handed Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey College a victory in their challenges to the HHS preventative services mandate. Wheaton College filed suit in July in the D.C. District Court opposing the Health and Human Services (HHS) “Preventative Services” mandate, which "forces both institutions to violate their deeply held religious beliefs or pay severe fines," according to an announcement on the college's website. With the Affordable Care Act, effective beginning in August, most health insurance plans to cover preventive services for women, including recommended contraception without charging a co-pay, co-insurance or deductible, according to a White House press release. Two lower courts dismissed the …
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New York Kathy
10:29 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
This country was built on "freedom of religion" not "freedom to worship in private." Stop discriminating against Catholic groups that simply want to retain their Catholic identity in public. What this mandate seeks is to kick religion out of public life. No longer could Catholic charities educate children, run food pantries, help victims of sex trafficking, provide health clinics or counseling … more ›