by Steven Ertelt
The Obama administration told a federal court today that the
Christian business Hobby Lobby must obey the HHS mandate that forces
religious companies to pay for drugs for women that may cause abortions.
The privately held retail chain with more than 500 arts and crafts stores in 41 states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration
over its HHS mandate. The company says it would face $1.3 million in
fines on a daily basis starting in January if it fails to comply with
the mandate, which requires religious employers to pay for or refer
women for abortion-cause drugs that violate their conscience or
religious beliefs.
The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Western
District of Oklahoma and the business says it is opposing the Health and
Human Services “preventive services” mandate, which it says forces the
Christian-owned-and-operated business to provide, without co-pay, the
“morning after pill” and “week after pill” in their health insurance
plan, or face crippling fines up to 1.3 million dollars per day.
“By being required to make a choice between sacrificing our faith or
paying millions of dollars in fines, we essentially must choose which
poison pill to swallow,” said David Green, Hobby Lobby CEO and founder.
“We simply cannot abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this
mandate.”
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