{"id":50893,"date":"2014-06-21T01:13:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T05:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=50893"},"modified":"2014-06-21T01:13:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T05:13:54","slug":"supreme-court-to-decide-on-obamacare-hhs-mandate-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-to-decide-on-obamacare-hhs-mandate-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to decide on Obamacare HHS mandate soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule soon\u00a0on challenges to the birth control\u00a0mandate under the Affordable Care Act. The challenges filed by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties argue that the Obama administration&#8217;s mandate violates the religious freedom of faith-based business owners.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s decision on the challenges will determine whether\u00a0 for-profit business owners can claim a religious exemption to providing birth control if it violates their conscience.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the mandate argue that companies operating for profit do not have the same religious freedom offered to citizens, and an exemption would impose a burden on employees who do not hold the same religious views.<\/p>\n<p>The Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs. Business owners, regardless of their moral or religious convictions, will face hefty fines if requirements are not met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans must be free to exercise their constitutionally protected liberties without fear of punishment,\u201d said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing on March 25, judges on the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to agree that the religious convictions of business owners should be protected by federal law; however, it is uncertain how the court will rule.<\/p>\n<p>Hobby Lobby is a large chain of arts and craft stores owned by Evangelical Christians. Conestoga Wood Specialties is a manufacturer of wood doors and components owned by a Mennonite family.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Obama administration decided to allow faith-based organizations, such as hospitals and universities, to allow employees to obtain free birth control from health insurers; however, the case before the high court does not address that particular exemption.<\/p>\n<p>If the nation\u2019s highest court rules against the mandate, it would be the first portion of Obamacare rolled back since 2012, when judges ruled that states\u00a0could not be forced by the federal government to expand Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule soon\u00a0on challenges to the birth control\u00a0mandate under the Affordable Care Act. The challenges filed by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties argue that the Obama administration&#8217;s mandate violates the religious freedom of faith-based business owners. The court\u2019s decision on the challenges will determine whether\u00a0 for-profit business owners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":37524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,1157,145,24,431,310,197],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court to decide on Obamacare HHS mandate soon - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The US Supreme Court will rule whether faith-based businesses must comply with the Obamacare contraception mandate regardless of religious convictions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-to-decide-on-obamacare-hhs-mandate-soon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court to decide on Obamacare HHS mandate soon - 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