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Obama Administration ‘Doubles Down’ on Fight Against Nuns
by Kelsey Harkness
September 09, 2014

The Obama administration has decided to continue its legal battle against Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic charity that objects to Obamacare’s mandate that employee health plans cover contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs.

The order of Catholic nuns argues that the rule fashioned by the Department of Health and Human Services requires them to violate their religious beliefs by offering insurance coverage for 20 specific drugs and devices — some of which the nuns believe could destroy what they consider a human life.

If the Little Sisters of the Poor choose not to abide by the HHS mandate, they face devastating fines by the Internal Revenue Service that could result in millions of dollars a year being diverted from their mission of caring for elderly women and men.

Sarah Torre, a policy analyst in The Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society who tracks the legal trail of the HHS mandate, said:

"It’s really incredible, even after so many losses in federal court, that the Obama administration is doubling down to enforce this coercive mandate against religious organizations – even against charities like the Little Sisters of the Poor who do such necessary and effective work serving those in need."

Attorneys with the Department of Justice yesterday filed a legal brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver. The action came on the heels of the Obama administration’s “eighth try” to reconcile the HHS mandate with the constitutional guarantee of religious liberty.

The latest revision of the rule, on Aug. 22, would allow religious nonprofits such as the Little Sisters of the Poor to write a letter to HHS informing the government of their objection on religious grounds.

The government then would direct the employer’s insurance company or third-party administrator to cover the objectionable drugs, devices or services.

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