More than 80 plaintiffs in 23 different lawsuits are now challenging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that will require many religious institutions to provide health insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and other contraceptive services. At the heart of these lawsuits is whether the government’s purported interest in marginally increasing access to contraceptive services trumps the basic right to religious liberty that both individuals and institutions have traditionally enjoyed.
CONTINUED: http://links.heritage.org/hostedemail/email.htm?CID=12282101299&ch=8F71D8A51C95995738F8500033042729&h=086fae4dbd371780f50d671c2cb9b281&ei=WIOCQB8Nq
Showing posts with label Conscience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conscience. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
URGENT: Tell Your Senators to Vote YES on the Blunt-Rubio-Ayotte Amendment to Protect Conscience
URGENT: Tell Your Senators to Vote YES on the Blunt-Rubio-Ayotte Amendment to Protect Conscience
Tell them to vote YES on Amendment #1520
Last Friday, the President Obama announced a new “accommodation” for religiously-affiliated organizations under the ObamaCare mandate that requires all health plans to cover contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs. This so-called compromise, however, is nothing but an accounting gimmick that still forces religiously-affiliated organizations, like Catholic hospitals, schools, and charities, to provide abortion-inducing drugs to its employees. This mandate remains a gross violation of the First Amendment which forces these institutions to either abandon their essential beliefs or not provide health insurance to their employees and pay a heavy fine.
Take immediate action by contacting your Senators to vote in favor of Amendment #1520 to S.1813, put forward by pro-life hero Senator Roy Blunt and supported by Senators Marco Rubio, Kelly Ayotte and others. Amendment #1520 would ensure that religiously-affiliated organizations are not coerced by the government to provide abortion-inducing drugs that violate their religious and moral convictions.
Act Now! Send email or print letters from here for free!
http://capwiz.com/sbalist/issues/alert/?alertid=61000461
Senator Burr: DC: 202-224-3154; Rocky Mount: 252-977-9522
Senator Hagan: DC: 202-224-6342; Greensboro: 336-333-5311;
Raleigh: 919-856-4630
Tell them to vote YES on Amendment #1520
Last Friday, the President Obama announced a new “accommodation” for religiously-affiliated organizations under the ObamaCare mandate that requires all health plans to cover contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs. This so-called compromise, however, is nothing but an accounting gimmick that still forces religiously-affiliated organizations, like Catholic hospitals, schools, and charities, to provide abortion-inducing drugs to its employees. This mandate remains a gross violation of the First Amendment which forces these institutions to either abandon their essential beliefs or not provide health insurance to their employees and pay a heavy fine.
Take immediate action by contacting your Senators to vote in favor of Amendment #1520 to S.1813, put forward by pro-life hero Senator Roy Blunt and supported by Senators Marco Rubio, Kelly Ayotte and others. Amendment #1520 would ensure that religiously-affiliated organizations are not coerced by the government to provide abortion-inducing drugs that violate their religious and moral convictions.
Act Now! Send email or print letters from here for free!
http://capwiz.com/sbalist/issues/alert/?alertid=61000461
Senator Burr: DC: 202-224-3154; Rocky Mount: 252-977-9522
Senator Hagan: DC: 202-224-6342; Greensboro: 336-333-5311;
Raleigh: 919-856-4630
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
