| HEADLINES |  |  Federal judge grants preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the HHS mandate against Michigan corporation and its owner
Thomas More Law Center
Federal District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan, issued an opinion yesterday evening granting a motion for Preliminary Injunction that effectively halts enforcement of the HHS mandate against Plaintiffs Weingartz Supply Company and its owner and president, Daniel Weingartz. The motion was brought by the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Erin Mersino, TMLC's lead counsel on the case who presented the oral argument in support of Plaintiffs, commented, "The federal court has found that our clients have a likelihood of success and would be irreparably harmed by the unconstitutional overreaching of the HHS mandate. This is not only a victory for our clients, but for religious freedom." |
|  Auto lighting company sues Obama administration
Citizen Link
An Indiana-based manufacturing company on Tuesday became the latest to sue the Obama administration over a mandate requiring most businesses to offer contraceptives and potential abortion-inducing drugs under their respective insurance plans, bringing the count to 38. Grote Industries is a secular business that makes lights for cars and trucks; it's owned by a Catholic family. |
|  Research: Assisted suicide increases other suicides
One News Now
Dr. Jacqueline Harvey of the Lozier Institute took a look at evidence-based academic literature on the subject of assisted suicide for the past 20 years, including looking at the issue in the Netherlands, but with a special focus on the few states where it is legal in the U.S. Dr. Harvey stresses that the report [PDF] is her own opinion, but she did look at outcomes and not just attitudes. "There is the issue of suicide contagion, where suicides are pretty much like an infectious disease," Harvey explains. "It's actually been shown statistically that after assisted suicide was legalized in Oregon, the suicide rate for teenagers and illegal suicides for other people rose." | |
