{"id":62108,"date":"2025-12-17T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=62108"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:25:21","slug":"using-healthcare-to-infringe-upon-the-first-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=62108","title":{"rendered":"Using Healthcare To Infringe Upon The First Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Just the News<\/a> reported that a judge, who was formerly a CNN reporter, is attempting to end the Little Sisters of the Poor’s religious exemption to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Religious liberty law firm Becket filed its\u00a0opening brief<\/a> on behalf of Little Sisters of the Poor with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the summer ruling by U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone, nominated by Obamacare’s namesake.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Clement, who has argued 100-plus cases<\/a> before SCOTUS, is the star lawyer on the brief.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fourteen-year legal crusade” against the order, with Pennsylvania and New Jersey taking the baton from the Obama administration after its successor finalized a religious exemption, “has been needless, grotesque, and un-American,\u201d said\u00a0Becket President Mark Rienzi<\/a>. Mother Loraine Marie Maguire prays that the states “end this needless harassment.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Congress never imposed a mandate by statute, the original regulatory mandate has four explicit exemptions for both religious and secular activity, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s own actions belie their arguments, the brief says: The Keystone State still lacks a comparable state mandate and the Garden State’s religious exemption is even broader.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Indeed, the States\u2019 entire case is premised on the availability of a range of state programs that\u00a0do\u00a0<\/em>provide contraceptives,” which contradicts any argument that forcing nuns to do it is the least restrictive means, the nuns told the appeals court.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

People and organizations should be able to decide for themselves what their health insurance will cover and what it will not cover. There should be a variety of plans available with different coverage. The demand being made of the nuns makes as much sense as forcing retired people to pay for juvenile dental care. A policy providing that coverage should be available, but not required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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