Posted on 04/22/2020 6:26:01 PM PDT by marshmallow
House Speaker sides against Little Sisters of the Poor
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - For the third time, the Little Sisters of the Poor are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court for protection from the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is gunning for their defeat.
"Despicable," Pelosi said recently in a statement on the case, voicing "outrage" over President Trump's executive order exempting religious objectors from having to provide health insurance that covered contraception and abortifacients.
In her press release, Pelosi said, "The Trump administration's despicable rule allowing private employers and health plans to deny women coverage for contraception is an outrageous attack on women's health, women's pocketbooks and women's independence."
Journalist Micaiah Bilger noted the disconnect between Pelosi's position on this case and the Faith she professes to uphold: "Like the Little Sisters, Pelosi also identifies as a devout Catholic. However, she constantly opposes Catholic Church teachings about the sanctity of human life and fights against religious freedom for the very faith that she claims to be a part of."
Case Background
In 2016, the Court unanimously ruled that the Little Sisters should not be forced, in violation of Church teaching, to comply with the Health and Human Services (HHS) requirement to select a healthcare plan for themselves and their employees that included contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs.
In 2018, in support of the Supreme Court decision, the Trump administration issued the rule that Pelosi recently slammed. The rule protected non-profits and religious organizations, which, out of conscience, wanted exemption for the HHS contraception mandate.
Twenty states objected to the Trump administration's rule and sued the federal government. Of those suits, two remain, one from the left-leaning Ninth Circuit Court and the other from the Third Circuit Court.
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Normal person: Wha...?
Nancy is as much a Catholic as the guy sitting in the Chair of Peter.
You are correct. But both Nancy and the Pope (And yes, I am Catholic) are both children of Satin as far as I am concerned!!!!!
Pelosi is just a democrat her word is useless.
Satin? I was thinking more polyester.
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