Christian colleges don’t have to comply with Obamacare contraception mandate

Federal judge rules Christian colleges don’t have to comply with Obamacare contraception mandate

• Cornerstone College and Dordt College are both Christian institutions.

• The schools maintain that Obamacare’s contraception mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and is unconstitutional.

A federal court halted enforcement of Obamacare for two Christian colleges on Wednesday, a victory for those against employers paying for contraceptives, including the controversial “morning-after pill.”

The two schools, Cornerstone College in Michigan and Dordt College in Iowa, filed a lawsuit against the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, contesting the administration’s mandate that forces employers to provide contraceptives to employees, regardless of the organization’s religious practices and beliefs. In their suit, Dordt College v. Sebelius, the schools argue that the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and is unconstitutional.

“The Schools hold, as a matter of religious conviction, that it would be sinful and immoral for them intentionally to participate in, pay for, facilitate, enable, or otherwise support access to abortion, which destroys human life.” 

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