Court rejects Texas religious challenge to Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act’s rules on contraceptive coverage do not violate the religious freedom of church-based organizations in Texas, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The law, commonly known as Obamacare, requires employers with at least 50 workers to provide health insurance that covers contraceptives unless they sign a form declaring their religious opposition to the coverage.
Signing the form triggers a process that requires insurers to make direct payments to women who use contraceptives — without imposing any costs or obligations on the religious organization.
Two Texas Catholic dioceses and several religious schools and organizations sued, arguing that forcing them to sign the form would provide access to contraceptives through a third party insurer — violating religious prohibitions on birth control or to forms of contraception believed to induce abortion.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/court-rejects-texas-religious-challenge-to-obamaca/nmjgr/
Cross-posted in LBN.