Ohio Ping
Friday’s ruling centered on two Catholic brothers, Francis and Philip Gilardi, who own a 400-person produce company based in Ohio. ****
The brothers oppose contraception as part of their religion and challenged the Affordable Care Act provision requiring them to provide insurance that covers their employees’ birth control.
Refusing to abide by the letter of the law, they said, would result in a $14 million fine.
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The Obama administration said that the requirement is necessary to protect women’s right to decide whether and when to have children.
The judges were unconvinced, however, that forcing companies to cover contraception protected that right.
The judges were unconvinced, however, that forcing companies to cover contraception protected that right.
All of these years I thought that another individual’s rights ended where my nose began.
In other words his rights could not be a burden on me without my consent.
All of these years I was wrong and didn’t know it. Thanks to Obama the merciful I am now enlightened. /S
As I recall there must be a compelling public interest that can not be fulfilled in a less intrusive way for the government to force individuals to act against their religious liberties against there will.
It should be quite obvious to any intelligent person that contraception can be purchased by an employee at their own expense. It is also obvious that conception can be prevented by other than technological means (abstinence).
An individual can also pay for their own abortion if they wish to kill their unborn child. Forcing an employer to pay for this against their religious faith is the most dire of immoral acts I can imagine short of Chinas one child policy.