Posted on 10/25/2019 6:24:29 PM PDT by marshmallow
A traditionally liberal federal appeals court has ruled once again that the Little Sisters of the Poor have to pay for abortions under their health insurance plan under the Obamacare mandate.
Over the past three years the Supreme Court has twice protected the Catholic nuns, but pro-abortion state officials have filed new lawsuits trying to force the Catholic order to pay for abortions in their health care plan. Today, a 3-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a decision.
The panel’s ruling invalidated the new pro-life rules the Trump administration put in place to protect the Catholic nuns and others from being forced to fund abortions.
In May 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned lower court rulings against the Little Sisters and granted them an exemption from the Obama HHS mandate, which required the nuns to fund abortion pills in their health care plans or pay millions of dollars in fines. In 2018, the Trump administration announced a new rule protecting religious non-profits, including the Little Sisters, but several states, including Pennsylvania and California, immediately sued the federal government to take that protection away, forcing the Little Sisters back to court.
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This is going to end up going to the Supremes.
Evil
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
John McCain’s legacy. I hope it’s NOT really a dry heat where he is now.
Just say No.
Why stop with the Boy Scouts?
If you like your freedom of religion, you can keep your freedom of religion. Just not in “their” America.
The army of Satan continues its blood thirst for slaying babies.
Strother Martin in COOL HAND LUKE.
Great movie.
Who sues nuns to force them to pay for murdering babies?
Demons, that’s who.
Back to SCOTUS. This is an invalid ruling.
Does anyone know if any of the 3 judges on this panel are some of Trumps new appointees? Trump has appointed several new judges to the 9th circuit.
This can’t be happening in America.
Black robed murderous tyrants.
AGAIN?
Ninth Circus.
Again.
And doing it REPEATEDLY
How does the a state or anyone other than a LSOTP employee have standing to sue to implement a policy that has been overruled by the SC. What’s to stop any person from suing to do anything that is illegal over and over until they get a favorable ruling
And what if the Little Sisters still refuse to pay for abortions, even after SCOTUS rules against them?
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