{"id":91101,"date":"2016-03-29T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=91101"},"modified":"2016-03-29T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T18:03:42","slug":"little-sisters-case-isnt-just-providing-birth-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/little-sisters-case-isnt-just-providing-birth-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Sisters case isn’t just about providing birth control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The Daily Signal<\/a>) While group of nuns have become the de-facto face of the Supreme Court case challenging the Affordable Care Act\u2019s so-called \u201ccontraceptive mandate,\u201d another community is set to be similarly affected by the court\u2019s ruling: religiously-affiliated colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

Schools like Oklahoma Wesleyan University, an evangelical Christian university of the Wesleyan Church, are also parties to the Zubik v. Burwell case. The case, which went before the high court March 23 for oral arguments, challenges the Obamacare requirement that nonprofit employers offer their employees health care coverage that includes birth control, Plan B, ella, and other potentially life-ending drugs and devices.<\/p>\n

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The schools that are part of Zubik v. Burwell come from diverse backgrounds. Some are Catholic and oppose providing through their health care plans all forms of contraceptives. Others, like Oklahoma Wesleyan University, for example, only oppose drugs and devices that can lead to the termination of a pregnancy, not providing birth control.<\/p>\n

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Students from Oklahoma Wesleyan University and Geneva College join hands with nuns in opposing what\u2019s been coined the \u201cObamacare contraceptive mandate.\u201d Both schools are being represented before the Supreme Court by the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom. (Photo: Alliance Defending Freedom)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We\u2019re pro-life. So Plan B and Ella would be off the table for the Wesleyan church because there are times when it can terminate a fertilized egg,\u201d Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, told The Daily Signal. \u201cThat\u2019s intervening into God\u2019s power to define life, to give life, and to later on take it at his choosing.\u201d<\/div>\n
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While Dr. Piper has no religious objection to birth control, he believes Catholic universities and nonprofits like the Little Sisters of the Poor have a Constitutional right to do so.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWesleyans wouldn\u2019t presuppose or be arrogant enough to tell Catholics that they have to live their life the way we do. And Catholics don\u2019t suggest that they can tell Wesleyans that they can live their lives the way we do,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Catholic church has chosen to prohibit all contraception. The Wesleyan church has chosen to prohibit abortifacients because it takes a human life \u2026 and that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n