Another Obamacare provision ruled unconstitutional: Forcing employers to offer contraception or abortion insurance (health care, March)

[Little-Acorn]

And the hits just keep on comin'.

A Federal judge has ruled that Obamacare's requirement that employers must offer contraception and abortion coverage, is a violation of the employer's religious freedom where religious norms consider abortion or contraception to be immoral.

No surprise, really. That has been clear from the day Obamacare was proposed. But the liberal fanatics who wrote it, have been terminally convinced of the superiority of their own ideas over anyone else's. And with so little visibility of religious teachings, it probably never occurred to them that normal Americans would mind. Now it will all play out along the inevitable lines of screaming, lies, subject changes, denigration, and haughty sneers.

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Judge: Feds Can’t Make Domino’s Founder Offer Birth Control « CBS Detroit

Judge: Feds Can’t Make Domino’s Founder Offer Birth Control

March 14, 2013 6:31 PM

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration from requiring Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees under the federal health care law.

The devout Roman Catholic says he considers contraception “gravely immoral” practice. His lawsuit also lists as a plaintiff his Domino’s Farms, an office park outside Ann Arbor.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the law against Monaghan and Domino’s Farms.

Monaghan has sold most of his controlling stake in Domino’s Pizza. He offers health insurance that excludes contraception and abortion for employees.

The new federal law requires employers to offer insurance including contraception coverage or risk fines.

The Michigan Catholic Conference and other Catholic entities also sued over the new law, saying it violates religious freedom by requiring many religiously affiliated hospitals, schools and charities to comply.

[Darkatt]

I agree that employers should not be required to offer contraception, I feel that abortion should be available as an option for the health of the mother if required. There are instances where pregnancy and birth could be detrimental to the health of the mother, and Abortion should be an option in those cases.

[jaybb]

I agree with the judge. Medical plans are for sickness, injury, and accidents..........not for contraception and abortions. If someone wants that, that is okay---but pay for it our of your own pocket.
PS--the election is over, so Obama can stop with the Women's Rights diversion that this is Women's rights issue.

[BigDGeek]

This is yet more evidence that employers shouldn't be involved in providing health insurance coverage...too many opportunities for them to try to impose their morals on their employees.

Single payer or bust.

[Little-Acorn]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

Single payer and bust.

Fixed it for you, bigdgeek.

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by jaybb

I agree with the judge. Medical plans are for sickness, injury, and accidents..........not for contraception and abortions. If someone wants that, that is okay---but pay for it our of your own pocket.
PS--the election is over, so Obama can stop with the Women's Rights diversion that this is Women's rights issue.

It's either women's rights or it is an issue that concerns everybody, depending on how they feel at the moment.

When they want to demonize the person proposing an abortion restriction, then the person is violating women's rights, wants to control women, and wants to punish women for having sex.

When they want to convince someone that freely available abortion is a good thing, then it's an issue affecting everyone in society and we should all be concerned about children being born into poverty.

Similar to another simply amazing thing I've encountered. If man says to restrict abortion, then as a man they have no business giving an opinion on the issue. I've seen that over and over again. If a man speaks out in favor of abortion, I have never once seen anybody say he should have no input on the issue.

It's just more of the "ends justify the means" mentality of many leftists. No real integrity, they'll espouse any principle that meets their ends, and then reject that same principle if it doesn't meet their ends.