A federal judge has ruled that Catholic groups do not have to immediately comply with mandates in Obamacare.
The Pittsburgh Diocese challenged the law because of the requirement that all employees would have to be provided with contraceptives.
“The issue with the services in the mandate is that they either go against preservation of human life or involve the actual taking of human life,” Bishop David Zubik told the court during emotional testimony.
At issue was charities connected to the church not being exempted from the law’s contraception mandate. The Church said that any charity connected to the Diocese had to maintain the teachings of the church.
The injunction is only preliminary and those involved expect it to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Obama held an event at the White House Monday to talk about the problems with the websites linked to his signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
The President said the problems with the healthcare.gov website are “unacceptable” and pledged to take whatever steps were necessary to correct the website problems.
“There’s no sugarcoating it,” the President said. “The website has been too slow. People have been getting stuck during the application process. And I think it’s far to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than I am.”
Congress has been investigating the problems with the launch of Obamacare but have been struggling to get Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to appear. According to a Reuters report, the Secretary finally agreed to meet with the House Energy and Commerce Committee next Wednesday.
“Americans didn’t get any answers from the president today,” House Speaker John Boehner said, “but the House’s oversight of this failure is just beginning.”
Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan has won an injunction from a federal court judge that would block the Obama administration from forcing him to offer contraception through his company’s health care plan.
Monaghan, a Roman Catholic, has repeatedly made public statements that contraception is “gravely immoral” and that employers should not have to provide coverage that goes against their personal religious beliefs. Continue reading →
The Archdiocese of New York, Notre Dame University, and the Archdioses of Washington, D.C. are among 40 Catholic groups that filed suit today against the Obama Administration claiming their freedom of religion has been impeded.
The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. placed a statement on their website explaining the move. Continue reading →
