Dear Defender of Life and Family,
This morning the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Hobby Lobby case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby,
that closely held for-profit corporations cannot be required to provide
contraception coverage. The Court found that applying the HHS
contraception mandate to closely held for-profit corporations violates
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Hobby Lobby Case Underscores Deception on Contraception, When Life Begins
In a narrow 5-4 decision today concerning the HHS contraception mandate, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
that closely held for-profit corporations cannot be required to provide
contraception coverage. The Court found that applying the HHS
contraception mandate to closely held for-profit corporations violates
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
In reaction to today's decision, Human Life International President Father Shenan J. Boquet released the following statement:
"The full implications of
this decision are not yet known, but this appears to be at least some
good news in the fight for religious freedom.
"What many found deeply
disturbing about this case was not only the assault on religious
freedom, but the manipulation of scientific facts in order to support a
radical political agenda promoting abortion.
"There's scientific
consensus that when sperm meets egg and fertilization occurs, a new
human life begins. Yet we see our own government and pro-abortion
lobbyist groups like American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(ACOG) play games with the words 'fertilization,' 'conception,'
'pregnancy,' and even 'abortion' to make it seem as though the drugs and
devices in question in the Hobby Lobby case don't kill innocent human
life-when it's scientific fact that they can, and do destroy new life in
the womb.
"Not only does the HHS contraception/sterilization/abortifacient
mandate seek to undermine our God-given freedom to practice our faith,
the mandate furthers U.S. government support for the greatest human
rights abuse in history, using taxpayer dollars to kill preborn human
life.
"There's no doubt that legal
action will continue on this mandate, and the many other troubling
provisions of Obamacare. The American people must make clear to our
elected representatives that we will not allow our religious liberty to
be violated by our own government, especially in pursuit of an immoral
agenda that furthers the erosion of human rights, and ends human lives."
Yours in the defense of life and family,
Adam Cassandra
Communications Manager, Human Life International
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