The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals exempted Hobby Lobby from supplying abortion-inducing drugs to employees last June, but now the federal government is appealing the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Solicitor Gen. Donald Verrilli Jr. filed the 251-page appeal to the decision Thursday. The question the Court faces is whether or not, under the Obamacare HHS mandate, private companies must provide abortion-inducing drugs and contraceptives to employees despite the company’s religious objections.
Two key laws are up for judicial
interpretation in this case.
One of these
statutes is the glaringly-obvious First
Amendment “free exercise clause”
which demands
Congress make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. The second is the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act which states the “government shall not
substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results
from a rule of general applicability.” Exceptions apply when the rule has a
compelling government interest and is being furthered under the least
restrictive means.....To Read More.....
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