Contact: Leslie Palma,
Priests for Life,
347-286-7277 NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2015 /
Christian Newswire/
-- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, announced
this afternoon that the US Supreme Court has accepted the Priests for
Life case against HHS mandate.
Six other cases were also granted review by the Court, and they are listed below.
"This
is a great day in our battle for religious freedom against the culture
of death, which wants us to participate in the spread of abortion. We
will not do so, and we look forward to making our case at the Supreme
Court," Fr. Pavone said.
"This is great news that the Court has
granted cert in our case against the HHS mandate," said Robert Muise of
the American Freedom Law Center, which represents Priests for Life.
"Along with the other cases that have been consolidated along with
ours, it is particularly appropriate that Priests for Life has been
fighting this mandate, since the very purpose of the organization is to
oppose the very activities that the mandate supports, particularly
abortion."
In the Priests for Life case, plaintiffs included,
along with the organization, the following people in their individual
capacity: Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life,
Janet Morana, Executive Director of Priests for Life and Co-Founder of
the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, and Dr. Alveda King, Director of
African-American Outreach for Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
The cases accepted against the HHS mandate today are as follows:
CERTIORARI GRANTED
14-1418 ZUBIK, DAVID A. ET AL. V. BURWELL, SEC. OF H&HS, ET AL.
14-1453 PRIESTS FOR LIFE, ET AL. V. DEPT. OF H&HS, ET AL.
14-1505 ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP V. BURWELL, SEC. OF H&HS, ET AL.
15-35 E. TX BAPTIST UNIV., ET AL. V. BURWELL, SEC. OF H&HS
15-105 LITTLE SISTERS, ET AL. V. BURWELL, SEC. OF H&HS, ET AL.
15-119 SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIV., ET AL. V. BURWELL, SEC. OF H&HS, ET AL.
15-191 GENEVA COLLEGE V. BURWELL, SEC. OF H&HS, ET AL.
