Priests for Life wins in federal court against Obamacare mandate
Priests for Life , a prolife organization, won a huge victory when a federal appeals court issued a ruling this afternoon saying it doesn't have to pay fines to the federal government for not obeying the Obamacare mandate. The new Affordable Care Act forces religious groups and businesses to pay for birth control or abortion-causing drugs for their employees.
This emergency injunction granted today also means that Priests for Life will not have to cancel the health insurance for its employees.
Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life said, he is "grateful his organization is free, temporarily at least, from having to comply with the unjust mandate or face huge fines by failing to comply".
“We would not have complied with this mandate in any case, as it promotes the very culture of death that Priests for Life works to combat,” Father Pavone said. “We are grateful for this temporary relief and look forward to a permanent injunction once the appeal is fully heard.”
“Our lawsuit was among the very first ones in the country and the necessity to launch it shows that religious freedom in America is in grave danger. We have to take action.”
On Dec. 19, Priests for Life learned that the judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had ruled in favor of the government. Within an hour Priests for Life filed for the emergency injunction that was granted today.
Father Pavone said that what the Obama administration has tried to do through the HHS mandate – which he called a “blatant act of tyranny” – is to give the federal government the power to determine what is and what isn’t important in an individual’s religion; that is not the government’s role.
Father Pavone concluded, “There have already been significant victories in the courts against the HHS mandate, and we have no doubt that Priests for Life ultimately will prevail in this historic fight.”
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