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Religious challenge to health care law hits high court

Obama's health care law faces a new challenge over religion, contraception. Ref. Source 8

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Obama Admin Lawyer Was Surprised Hobby Lobby Case Had Anything to Do With Abortion

It appeared to come as a surprise to the Obama Administration's lawyer that the abortion-pill mandate case before the Supreme Court had anything to do with abortion.

Deep into his argument about how the HHS Mandate doesn't pose a substantial burden to businesses because for-profit business owners can't exercise religion, the Obama Administration's Solicitor General seemed to get stumped by the question at the heart of this case. Ref. Source 4

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Court Blocks Obama Admin From Enforcing HHS Mandate Against James Dobson

Pro-life leader James Dobson is the latest to win a victory against the Obama HHS mandate, that forces companies and organizations to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs for their employees.

Alliance Defending Freedom, the pro-life legal group, helped Dobson and hailed the federal court's order blocking enforcement of the Obama administration's abortion pill mandate against Dr. James Dobson and his "Family Talk" radio show and ministry in Dobson v. Sebelius. Ref. Source 4

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Judge: Obama Admin Can't Force Christian Colleges to Obey HHS Mandate

A federal court issued an order Wednesday that halts enforcement of the Obama administration's HHS mandate against two Christian colleges: Dordt College in Iowa and Cornerstone University in Michigan.

ADF attorneys represent the colleges in a lawsuit challenging the administration's mandate that forces employers, regardless of their religious or moral convictions and under threat of heavy penalties, to provide insurance coverage for pills and procedures that many Christians oppose. Ref. Source 8

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Will The Supreme Court Protect Hobby Lobby From the HHS Mandate?

The Supreme Court decision in the monumental Hobby Lobby case against the abortion mandate in Obamacare is expected either this week or next.

The Obama administration is attempting to make Hobby Lobby and thousands of pro-life businesses and organizations comply with the HHS mandate that compels religious companies to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs for their employees. However, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a landmark case addressing the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of business owners to operate their family companies without violating their deeply held religious convictions. Ref. Source 5

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White House: Supreme Court contraception ruling jeopardizes women's health

The White House made a statement against the justices ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby. The court ruled that corporations can avoid contraception coverage for religious reasons. Ref. USAToday

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Supreme Court Rules Obama Admin Can't Make Hobby Lobby Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate

The Supreme Court ruled today that the Christian-run Hobby Lobby doesn't have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion causing drugs in their employee health care plans.

The Obama administration was attempting to make Hobby Lobby and thousands of pro-life businesses and organizations comply with the HHS mandate that compels religious companies to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs for their employees. However, the U.S. Supreme Court today issued a favorable ruling in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a landmark case addressing the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of business owners to operate their family companies without violating their deeply held religious convictions.

Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Samuel Alito handed down the decision for the high court, saying, "The Supreme Court holds government can't require closely held corporations with religious owners to provide contraception coverage." Ref. Source 7

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Poll: Americans Agree With Supreme Court's Decision Protecting Hobby Lobby From Abortion Mandate

A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows Americans agree with the Supreme Court's decision this week that the Christian-run Hobby Lobby doesn't have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion causing drugs in their employee health care plans.

"Half of voters agree with the U.S. Supreme Court that a business owner should be able to opt out of Obamacare's contraceptive mandate if it violates his or her religious beliefs," the poling firm reports about its new national survey. Ref. Source 9